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- From: clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon VE3XCL)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Caller ID block?
- Message-ID: <Nylcs*f20@lemsys.UUCP>
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 11:46:57 EST
- References: <1992Dec22.145426.19388@cc.gatech.edu> <1992Dec22.212743.1856@lunatix.uucp>
- <1992Dec23.161608.11920@cc.gatech.edu> <1992Dec24.071910.2760@lunatix.uucp>
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- In article <1992Dec24.071910.2760@lunatix.uucp>, Chad Helfenberger writes:
-
- > >BTW something else to add to the fire. Yesterday (12/21) I got a strange call
- > >from a woman claiming that prank calls were coming from my house. I don't
- > >know if she got the number from CNID or *69 ringback service. I'm certain
- > >that it wasn't true (I was on the phone at the time she said the calls were
- > >made) but just intersting about how information can be used against you.
- >
- > That's very strange. Could you determine by talking to her what happened?
- > Could you convince her that you were, indeed, not the harassing caller?
- > Anyone else have any other things to add on this?
-
- I personally would watch this closely. I realize that while
- computers, in theory, don't make mistakes, operators and programmers do.
- The possibility exists that this woman can't read her CID box, or can't
- listen to the *69 recording properly, but it is also possible that someone,
- somewhere has figured out a way to display someone else's number when
- making a call (perhaps an on-the-rampage telco employee?). Has this
- happened again? Since you were on the phone at the time of the supposed
- calls, you can probably rule out the possibility of restless teenagers (not
- that _all_ teenagers are like this) crouching at your groundblock with a
- phone modified to use alligator clips...
-
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