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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

So, it's not that bad, after all. Maybe should learn me a modem greeting to use instead of "Hello"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

The phrase itself doesn't matter, they are just listening for some indication of human speech at the start of the call.

If nothing is said, then the system believes that it is a machine doing the same thing.

Provided, of course, that their spam system doesn't just starts playing a recorded message anyway.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Yes, that's exactly what I meant