| The 21st century is the age of technology and leaves | | | | telephone service provider before it reaches the |
| little room for confusion and guesswork. The | | | | receiver. Every call is accompanied by a "Calling party |
| telecommunication sector is breaking new grounds | | | | Number" which is sent as a signal to the CID unit of the |
| everyday and is probably the fastest growing sector | | | | person receiving the call. If the person has "blacklisted" |
| amongst all. New technologies aim at making our lives | | | | a particular number, the routing switch blocks the call |
| simpler and more private. The Caller ID system is | | | | from propagating to the receiver's phone. The FCC |
| probably the most powerful weapon in the arsenal. No | | | | [Federal Communications Commission] regulates the |
| longer can we be persuaded to pick up a call simply | | | | entire CID process. |
| because the telephone is ringing. The CID unit lets us | | | | Phone spoofing is a technique used to change the |
| filter calls and pick only those that we think are | | | | CPN signal at the router switch. The switch and also |
| important. Telemarketing and survey efforts have | | | | the CID unit of the receiver's phone are tricked into |
| escalated considerably, but o have the willingness of | | | | believing that the call is coming from some number |
| customers to ignore and even block such calls. A CID | | | | other than the blocked numbers. Many rogue |
| unit helps us do just that. | | | | marketing agencies use this trick to reach out to |
| Let's take a look at a how the Caller Identification Unit | | | | individuals who have blocked their numbers. While this |
| works and also how some dishonest companies make | | | | might be illegal, but the technology itself isn't and you |
| use of a technique called phone spoofing to | | | | could actually use it to make your life better. |
| circumvent phone screening. We'll also discuss tips on | | | | Phone spoofing allows you to display a number of |
| how this technique could be used effectively to make | | | | your choice on the caller ID of the receiver. You could |
| our lives better. | | | | use this for fun and entertainment amongst your. This |
| CID technology was originally developed for the POTS | | | | could also be used to make your original number from |
| system. When a person makes an outgoing call, the | | | | being available to outsiders. |
| call is routed through the phone switch of the | | | | |