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Johnstech

October 29, 2004

New service spoofs caller ID

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A new service let's you make a phone call that appears on the recipient's caller ID system to be coming from someone you are not. You can, for example, make it look like you are calling from the White House.

It's called "caller ID spoofing" and the new service, Camophone, can be used by anyone with a PayPal account.

Guest: Kevin Poulsen, former hacker who works as a reporter for SecurityFocus.com.

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