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FCC Probes Caller-ID Fakers

Kevin Poulsen writes on Wired News:

If you've ever used one of the half-dozen websites that allow you to control the phone number that appears on someone's caller ID display when you phone them, the U.S. government would like to know who you are.

Last week the FCC opened an investigation into the caller-ID spoofing sites -- services that began popping up late 2004, and have since become a useful tool for private investigators, pranksters and more than a few fraud artists.

posted by Fergie @ 3/02/2006 02:49:00 PM