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User reports persistent "demondialler" calls, suspects rogue AI agent

A user is experiencing persistent unwanted calls from a "demondialler" that interrupts their VoIP phone service. The calls, which state "the number you have dialed is not recognized" upon answering, are so frequent that the user had to disconnect their DECT1735 phone from their NBN router. The user speculates that this could be a rogue AI agent, contributing to a broader trend of "bot wars." AI

RANK_REASON User complaint about unwanted calls, speculation about AI, not a verifiable event.

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User reports persistent "demondialler" calls, suspects rogue AI agent

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    # demondialler is calling my # voip phone and when I pick up it says "the number you have dialed is not recognised" - I had to unplug the DECT1735 phone connect

    # demondialler is calling my # voip phone and when I pick up it says "the number you have dialed is not recognised" - I had to unplug the DECT1735 phone connected to my NBN router as it was annoying the hell out of me - demon dialler calls kept coming for 20 mins ringing again as…