FCC hits robocaller with agency's largest-ever fine of $120M

Re:FCC hits robocaller with agency's largest-ever fine of $120M by wfunction on Saturday June 24, 2017 @09:53AM (#14625567)

Can someone explain what "neighborhood spoofing" technology is? Is it legal (beyond the fact that it lets you spoof and match the first few digits)? Can anyone do it? What's a legitimate use case for it?

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Re:FCC hits robocaller with agency's largest-ever fine of $120M by tyingq on Saturday June 24, 2017 @10:43AM (#14625751)

It's just spoofing caller ID. Caller ID has no verification or security around it, other than what a provider might optionally choose to put in place.

Here's how to do it with the open source asterisk pbx: http://allanfeid.com/content/caller-id-spoofing-w-asterisk

Or, just find a cheap VoIP provider that doesn't verify control of a number before allowing it to be used as CID. Voip.ms lets you spoof CID right from their web based config: https://wiki.voip.ms/article/Caller_ID

The legit use cases are where you spoof a different number that's still your number. Like your landline presenting your cell number. Or a business presenting the main number for all phones.

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Re:FCC hits robocaller with agency's largest-ever fine of $120M by jjeaff on Saturday June 24, 2017 @03:03PM (#14626953)

To add to the other response you got, yes, it's illegal. The specific federal code that it breaks is in the article.

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