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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. So I guess . . . by Fleeing+Peon · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'll be getting a refund for that $7.99 I just paid to my telephone carrier for caller ID blocking?

  2. Re:business opportunity by Morphine007 · · Score: 0, Troll

    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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