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Twilio hack leaves Authy users exposed to text-messaging scams

Twilio hack leaves Authy users exposed to text-messaging scams

If you use Authy, update your app immediately. Twilio, the messaging company that owns the two-factor authentication service, confirmed to TechCrunch on Wednesday that hackers breached Twilio and acquired mobile phone numbers for 33 million users.Twilio published a statement on its website also confirming the hack. “Twilio has detected that threat actors were able to identify data associated with Authy accounts, including phone numbers, due to an unauthenticated endpoint,” the statement reads. “We have taken action to secure this endpoint and no longer allow unauthenticated requests.”The company added that there was no evidence that the hackers accessed Twilio’s systems or…
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Mood-Based Music: A WhatsApp Chatbot That Curates Personalized Playlists

Mood-Based Music: A WhatsApp Chatbot That Curates Personalized Playlists

This is a submission for the Twilio Challenge What I Built I built a WhatsApp chatbot using Twilio that generates a personalized playlist of 5 songs based on the user's current mood. When a user sends a message to +1 (856) 975-0130 starting with "Hi", the bot prompts them to share how they are feeling. It then analyzes the sentiment of their response and curates a playlist to match their emotional state. Demo You can try out the chatbot by sending a WhatsApp message to +1 (856) 975-0130 (You can use QR code below). Start your message with "Hi" and…
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Is It Spam?

Is It Spam?

This is a submission for Twilio Challenge v24.06.12 What I Built Everyone who has dealt with spam calls knows how stressful it can be getting a call from an unknown number. Maybe you are waiting for a call from a job application, or your childs teacher, or the doctor. There are a thousand reasons you may need to keep yourself available to unknown callers. But you don't want to pickup spam callers, letting them know your number is active and that you answer, only to start getting more spam calls. Well what I've built is a product that utilizes Twilio…
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Twilio Challenge: AI-Powered Voice Assistant

Twilio Challenge: AI-Powered Voice Assistant

This is a submission for the Twilio Challenge What I Built I created an AI-powered voice assistant designed to handle complex questions. Many existing voice assistants struggle with these types of inquiries, which can be frustrating for users. My assistant aims to bridge this gap. Demo Source code https://github.com/ThatCoolGuyyy/Twilio-OpenAI Steps to try The detailed steps to see the voice assistant are in this article I wrote, https://www.twilio.com/en-us/blog/build-ai-powered-voice-assistant-twilio-laravel-openai Twilio and AI I used Twilio Programmable voice to get the user's request, this request is then passed into OpenAI API in a Laravel application. Finally, Twilio Programmable Voice is used to return…
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