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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

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?

tyingq 9y ago
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 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 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.
jjeaff 9y ago
To add to the other response you got, yes, it's illegal. The specific federal code that it breaks is in the article.