For all the fancy technology of smartphones, robocalls remain a nearly unstoppable problem.
Governments and consumer organizations have tried to outsmart them. Millions of dollars in fines have been levied against the people who program them. Do Not Call lists have been created.
The robots are undeterred.
"That's the gist of it, technology wins again," said Alex Quilici, CEO of YouMail, a company that offers robocall-blocking software.
If anything, the smartphone explosion has only made the problem worse. U.S. consumers were hit by around 2.5 billion robocalls in the month of June alone. That's more than 9,600 calls per second. Read more...
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