Comments on: Is Caller Id Spoofing Legal

By: US Congress

US Congress — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:22:59 +0000

The law specifically says that masking caller id is okay (such as with *67 or whatever the combo is) but intentionally falsifying it would be illegal. The bill states it would be illegal “to cause any caller ID service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller ID information, with the intent to defraud or deceive.” So products like Google Voice and Magic Jack should be fine since the info they present is not “misleading,” “inaccurate,” or deceitful. But it would be if I spoofed my caller ID to say I was Edward James Olmos. I suppose we’ll just have to wait and see how the law actually plays out and what they officially define as “misleading” and “deceit.”

By: Free Caller ID Spoofing

Free Caller ID Spoofing — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:05:16 +0000

As of the date of this comment, it hasn’t been passed into law. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1258
However, if it were illegal, to mask your caller id, the government would have to shut down legit business like Google Voice, Vonage and even Magic Jack or any voice over internet business that will mask a caller id to make it look like the subscribers.

By: US Congress

US Congress — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:55:45 +0000

Um… check out the “Truth in Caller ID Act of 2010,” shit sounds pretty illegal to me.