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CallerID Spoofing to be Made Illegal

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the phoning-home dept.

MadJo writes "US Congress has just approved a bill that will make it illegal to spoof CallerID. From the bill: 'The amount of the forfeiture penalty (...) shall not exceed $10,000 for each violation, or 3 times that amount for each day of a continuing violation, except that the amount assessed for any continuing violation shall not exceed a total of $1,000,000 for any single act or failure to act.'"

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  1. Re:Does this mean... by Harmonious+Botch · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does this mean I won't be able to call my ex girlfriend up at 3am with a phone number she doesn't recognize, and proceed to breathe heavily into the phone? We gotcha covered. Post her number and the friendly folks here at slashdot will do it for you.
  2. All For It by Bios_Hakr · · Score: 3, Funny

    Good, now I'll stop getting cold calls from "caller unknown". If my phone displays "caller unknown", I just made $10k.

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  3. Upside-down. by node+3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Leave it to Slashdot to predictably label fraud as a "feature" and laws designed to prevent it "nannystate".

  4. Re:Does this mean... by prockcore · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nah, the real number is 202-456-1414 her name is Laura.

  5. Re:Interesting by Grendel70 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Feature: (n) - A bug with seniority.

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  6. Re:Does this mean... by cerberusss · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't call this number, everyone! It's not his ex-girlfriend, it's his mother!

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  7. Re:Does this mean... by WK2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    But seriously, I think it's a good idea. They've closed the door to many a tele-scammer.

    Yes. Because, as everyone knows, scammers will never break the law.

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