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Hearing on Caller ID Spoofing

H.R. 5126, the Truth in Caller ID Act of 2006 Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, Hearing, May 18, 2006.

  • Link to Witness List & Prepared Testimony
  • “Phone spoofing is a practice by which a caller causes a phone number other than their own to appear on a caller ID or similar display. EPIC said that there is legitimate and illegitimate spoofing, and recommended that the law only prohibit spoofing when done with the intent to commit fraud or to harass.”
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