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1. vivzkestrel · 1789709522 · focus · HN ↗

   - one thing i also started doing is indirectly ask about the idea on expert subreddits on reddit and see what people have to say

   - one of my latest ideas was to handle spam calls on my android phone

   - the way i wanted to do this is to have an app pick up the phone call automatically everytime and ask a bunch of user defined questions

   - for example, caller: hi i am angel from XYZ spam company

   - audio streams through the app with an LLM processing every word and it asks back "who are you trying to reach?"

   - caller doesnt answer in 30 seconds or wrong answer. call dropped automatically and the phone is not even ringing yet

   - caller says ABC and the autoresponder immediately asks the next question

   - "what is the password to reach abc"

   - caller doesnt answer or gives incorrect answer within 30 seconds and call is dropped immediately

   - caller gives correct answer and now the phone starts ringing

   - obviously the questions are set by the user and it ll change from user to user

   - imagine by biggest disappointment when I found out from the r/androiddev group that the permission to actually audio process a phone call is simply not available unless you root your android phone. Its a no-go even on the iphone

   - Even if you do root the phone, I haven't gotten a conclusive answer from anyone either on reddit or even here on HN so far on the feasibility of implementing such a feature

   - Thank god I did not burn 100 hrs into this

   1. ieidjejdje · 1789720315 · focus · HN ↗

      > - Thank god I did not burn 100 hrs into this

      Well… yeah… this sounds like the kind of app I wouldn’t want to have anywhere near me. Ever.

      I wouldn’t be surprised if this even broke a law or two. Sounds like a thoroughly bad idea. For all involved.

      1. vivzkestrel · 1789725308 · focus · HN ↗

         how exactly do you propose handling spam calls then? all spam callers are using auto generated numbers. block one and they come back from another

         1. stirfish · 1789735607 · focus · HN ↗

            Do you feel obligated to open every email you get, or do you just read the ones from people you know?

            1. vivzkestrel · 1789740269 · focus · HN ↗

               dude i get 4 calls a day from spammers and its very annoying. an email is not a phone call. you are sitting on your desk and your phone starts ringing. block a number and they come back from another

               1. stirfish · 1790033455 · focus · HN ↗

                  So just have it ring only for people you know

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