So a captcha for phones? Like "press 7 to reach me". Great idea acctually.
A lot of auto-dialers wait to hear a human, so to trigger anything listening for a response, the challenge goes "Can you hear me? This number is protected by Samaritan Call Protection" (shout-out to Person of Interest)
Then about a second later, it follows "Press 5 to be connected."
Things that dial 5 get a ring-through to my cell, things that don't get blackholed.