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Clever Caller ID Tricks With VoIP
An anonymous reader writes "securityfocus.com has an interesting article collecting some clever exploits for VoIP. According to the article, using 'the open-source Linux-based PBX software Asterisk, used in combination with a permissive VoIP provider' can be used to fool caller id, and even get caller numbers that are supposed to be private."
so is voip going to turn into something like the email spam mess once the peddlers of Mydixaflopin and their cronies start figuring out how to use it?
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Thanks to this exploit, I can do crank calls again without getting caught!
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yes we are! ok, maybe not evil (all the time).
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why I keep getting all these prank calls from a person listed as "Cowboy Neal" with the phone number 666-867-5309...
It means that for the first time, JENNY calls YOU!
And this is capitalist America!
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The article states something of this kind: a 21 year old 'hacker' (quotes are mine) used VOIP line and a Linux based program named Asterisk to unveil blocked phone numbers and spoof his number. - well, that proves it, Linux is evil.
Seriosly though, the only reason this is a problems is due to the fact that the VOIP providers are sending too much information to the end user and relying on the users' software to not reveal the caller's number.
Clearly Linux causes invasion of privacy.
You can't handle the truth.
That would make the problem self-regulating.
So what?
I should point out that it is possible to set your caller ID to 5318008. It was fun on an inverted calculator and I don't see how inverted caller ID is any different.
Life is the leading cause of death in America.
Or, you could, you know, pay your bills.
Wow... So that means every telemarketer that has called me in the last 12 years actually was physically and literally "out of area". That's mind boggling. They must all reside in some hidden dimension.
Well sure I know that, and you know that, but the headlines will read "Insecure Open Source Software Used By Hackers to Aid Telemarketers."
"Enough of this wretched, whining monkey life." -- Marcus Aurelius, _Meditations_, Book 9, 37
and those of us that don't leave phone messages will never get in touch with you. a few months ago i tried calling a friend at his parents house. they do the same answering-machine screening that you do. i never left a message. i called 4-5 times within an hour. the guy's mother called me back.
i guess the moral of the story is that if someone wants to get you on the phone without leaving a message, they can piss you off until the point where you call back.
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