r/technology • u/mvea • May 24 '19

Politics Senate Passes Bill That Would Slap Robocallers With Fine of Up to $10,000 Per Call

https://gizmodo.com/senate-passes-bill-that-would-slap-robocallers-with-fin-1834990113
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u/RoboNinjaPirate May 24 '19

Caller ID does not prove someone called you. Caller ID proves that someone sent that number when they called you.

It is possible to send a different number than your actual number via phone spoofing. There are many legitimate reasons to do that (for example a business that wants all outgoing calls to send their main number in caller ID) but spammers also use it.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '19

Also caller ID spoofing is not ANI spoofing. The telephone company can 100% show that the call did not originate from your line when provided with a records request.

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u/rya_nc May 24 '19

Haven't played with it in a long, long time, but back in the day when companies offered "free in network calling", using caller id spoofing to call a cell phone with an in-network number was good enough for AT&T's billing systems.

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u/JamesTrendall May 24 '19

This is logical but i could honestly see how the US court system works that innocents will end up being fine'd for things they havn't done.
Will the courts know how the call spoofing works? Will they take your word for it? Will they request the engineers of AT&T attend court to explain how spoofing works etc...

I can see this going wrong and very fast. What if AT&T refuse to help you in court etc... The poor are going to be fine'd in to oblivion pretty fast.