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Mississippi Makes Caller ID Spoofing Illegal

Posted by timothy on from the so-be-sure-to-stop-in-late-june dept.

marklyon writes "HB 872, recently signed into law by Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, makes Caller ID spoofing illegal. The law covers alterations to the caller's name, telephone number, or name and telephone number that is shown to a recipient of a call or otherwise presented to the network. The law applies to PSTN, wireless and VoIP calls. Penalties for each violation can be up to $1,000 and one year in jail. Blocking of caller identification information is still permitted."

3 of 258 comments (clear)

  1. I think their governor needs a call. by CrazyJim1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think their governor needs a call, straight from the Whitehouse to fix this mess up.

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    God spoke to me.
  2. Re:Not a bad idea... in fact, an obvious good idea by h4rr4r · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you want the billing number of the party that called, you want ANI. CLID is not for what you are talking about.

    Regulation that has no concept of the subject it is regulating is worse than no regulation.

  3. Re:It is about time by 2obvious4u · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You don't think there are enough federal laws already? How about we repeal some of the other shitty federal laws first before going and making new ones.