Re: [ga] Soon to be coming for Whois contact data?

[Hugh Dierker <hdierker2204@xxxxxxxxx>]

I believe this has all the elements of an Identity theft charge, if a real number of a real person is used as the false ID and there is any benefit to the user. Of course that is only here in the USA.
Eric

Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
All former DNSO GA members or other interested stakeholders/users,

Caller ID Falsification Service

A US website will offer Caller ID falsification
service...Slated for launch this week, Star38.com would offer
subscribers
a simple Web interface to a Caller ID spoofing system that lets them
appear to be calling from any number they choose. [...] SecurityFocus
took the site for a test drive, and found it worked as advertised. The
user fills out a simple Web form with his phone number, the number he
wants to call, and the number he wants to appear to be calling from.
Within two seconds, the system rings back, and patches the user through
to the destination. The recipient sees only the spoofed number displayed

on Caller ID. Any number works, from nonsense phone numbers like "123
4567" to the number for the White House switchboard." This would also
work well in conjunction with something very similar to site finder as a

privacy protection service...

http://www.uneasysilence.com
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/30/caller_id_falsify/

Regards,

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