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Date Published
Author
Tilde Thurium
Word count
708
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Twilio is working hard to eliminate robocalls and has partnered with Nomorobo to provide a service that can detect whether a call is from a robot or not. The solution uses Node.js, Twilio Lookup, and the Nomorobo Spam Score Add-on. A tool has been created that detects robocalls by looking up phone numbers against the Nomorobo database, which provides a score indicating the likelihood of the number being a spammer. The tool can be run as a standalone script or used in a larger application to identify whether a particular call is from a robot or not.