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Clever Caller ID Tricks With VoIP

Posted by timothy on from the making-the-most-of-the-line dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Freaks! by SunPin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sorry to see you modded off topic. The moderators are demonstrating new lows of ignorance.

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  2. Re:Countdown by Jahf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    He didn't quite show -everything- stupid about /. ... You've highlighted the "I won't get modded down if I'm self-effacing/igratiating by saying I'll get modded down for this, but that's ok" reverse psychology versus moderation ploy.

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