sms_llm
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sms auto-reply bot
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How HN took it
10 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 11 critical, out of 39 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Idea: 8 for, 10 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun and funny idea
From 2 comments
This is great! I once set up a Twilio script that would call spam callers every five minutes and play "Macarena."
josh_carterPDX on HNNice work and thank you for the write up! Part of me is wondering if your bot is talking to actual humans or other bots (albeit not as advanced) because it seems like they just…
gaudystead on HN
Objections
Replying may help spammers warm up numbers
From 3 comments
By responding at all, it’s probably just helping spammers warm up numbers, more than anything else. So, counterintuitively, helping the spammers. Spammers need to amass a strong…
K0balt on HNJust remember - if you reply and engage in a conversation with a spammer, to the carrier’s anti spam systems it looks like the sender is legitimate since the recipient is talking…
blackeyeblitzar on HNThis is fun, but from what I understood, the purpose of those random sms is to "warm up the number", so the best course of action is to either ignore them or reply STOP.
ziofill on HN
Legal risk if the bot agrees to a deal
From 2 comments
I thought it was a fun idea, but the more I read the more worried I became for OP legally. As one example, when the first bot says “I was thinking 20k,” if the spammer had…
elicksaur on HNWhen a scammer says "So, do you agree to sell me your car for $1000", and your script replies "Yes, it's a deal", and then the scammer tries to take you to court... Most courts…
londons_explore on HN
Server running costs and power use
From 1 comment
Sadly that isn't true: it requires a server to be running to receive message content from the phone app, run inference using the LLM and send back responses. All of that requires…
acka on HN
Requests
Run without an Android phone using Asterisk and VoIP SMS
From 1 comment
It would be interesting to see an implementation of this that doesn't require an android system at all (whether physical or virtualized), or even a live SIM card or mobile phone…
walrus01 on HN
Connect two spammers to each other
From 1 comment
I'd love to connect two SMS spammers to each other, and have an app forward messages from Spammer A to spammer B, and vice versa.
pavel_lishin on HN
Questions
Does it add random delay to seem human?
From 1 comment
I wasn't able to tell from skimming the repo, but have you considered adding a pseudorandom sleep? Might cost some more CPU cycles depending on how it's implemented, but would…
jlund-molfese on HN
How fast does it respond?
From 1 comment
Good work brodude123 ha! How quickly does the system respond to the real estate messages?
RushiSushi on HN
Alternatives named
Reply STOP or report to 7726
From 2 comments
Just remember - if you reply and engage in a conversation with a spammer, to the carrier’s anti spam systems it looks like the sender is legitimate since the recipient is talking…
blackeyeblitzar on HNThis is fun, but from what I understood, the purpose of those random sms is to "warm up the number", so the best course of action is to either ignore them or reply STOP.
ziofill on HN
Kitboga scam-baiting videos
From 1 comment
Kitboga
AutistiCoder on HN