[asterisk-biz] ANI

[Mike Hammett]

Discussion about things semi-on topic is good.  I just have little to add 
because I'm not educated on the matter.

Thanks for all the constructive conversation.


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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Totaro" <stotaro at totarotechnologies.com>
To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" 
<asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:51 AM
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] ANI


> Mike,
>
> Apologies for taking your biz question and changing it to a biz/users
> discussion.  It was not my intention but as you can see, it is has
> catalized from your initial post, it is not just me that has continued
> this topic and brought up other valid points, my posts amount to less
> than other posters.
>
> I am not sure what the longest thread is on the Asterisk lists, but
> this has got to almost be a record, hence discussion and opinion is
> good.
>
> Although there are some laws to address spoofing ANI, it can be done
> with no trace as things are now.  Many very serious things could be
> done to ruin people's life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness with no
> way to clear their name.  I don't think you have the imagination of
> what could be done and be totally untraceable.
>
> Anyways, you have sole control of what you pay attention to so don't
> pay attention so simply ignore the thread, it is pretty simple, just
> as you would spam..
>
> BTW, I do not use the word "CANT", you are dooming yourself to
> distraction and failure.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Totaro
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 11:06 PM, Mike Hammett <asterisk-biz at ics-il.net> 
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Just because something is illegal doesn't mean it can't be done.  Once it
>> left what I initially asked, I stopped paying attention, but it sounds 
>> like
>> Steve wants to make it so it CAN'T happen.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----------
>> Mike Hammett
>> Intelligent Computing Solutions
>> http://www.ics-il.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Charles Vance
>> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
>> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 5:40 PM
>> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] ANI
>>
>>
>>
>> each of those scenario's involve either fraud or intent to do harm and 
>> are
>> already prohibited
>> in FCC regs even absent the "Truth in Caller ID Act"
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Steve Totaro
>> To: trixter at 0xdecafbad.com ; Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk
>> Discussion
>> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 18:22
>> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] ANI
>>
>> Setting up a drone Asterisk box to take hundreds of thousands of FTP
>> .call files at 3AM (by each time zone) and play pro Hillary Clinton
>> campaign messages (or whoever you don't like), obviously spoofing
>> her/his campaign headquarters caller ID and ANI.
>>
>> Obtaining a new credit card from someone's mailbox with the sticker to
>> call from your home phone to activate the card.  Spoof their Caller ID
>> and ANI, activate, and buy some cool gadgets or whatever people do
>> with cards that don't belong to them.
>>
>> Setting CallerID/ANI to clients', girlfriends', bosses' cell phone and
>> call until voicemail picks up, if no PIN is set, I have full control
>> of their voicemail (and could possibly call out, I will have to test
>> that with the call back option.  Then someone could really have some
>> fun depending on what messages they have saved)
>>
>> So many exploits.....
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Steve Totaro
>>
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