# Empowering a Safer Internet: community-driven scam reporting and prevention in Thail... | Devcon SEA

- Channel: [Devcon](https://streameth.org/devcon)
- Date: 2025-10-07
- Duration: 08:54
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-guXtHSEhZgQ
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guXtHSEhZgQ

## Description

In today’s digital age, user-driven solutions are vital for online safety. This talk explores Whoscall—a free mobile app trusted by over 17 million users globally, offering call and SMS identification, phishing site scanning, and personal data breach detection—and Thailand’s Scam Alert feature. Both initiatives empower users and promote public-private collaboration in scam prevention.

Speaker(s): Michelle Shen
Skill level: Beginner
Track: [CLS] d/acc Discovery Day: Building Towards a Resilient Utopia
Keywords: Public good, SEA, Security

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## Transcript

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