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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Congress close to final passage of Caller ID (CNID)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (privacy@vortex.com)
Wed Apr 21 00:54:11 2010
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Congress close to final passage of Caller ID (CNID) Spoofing Ban
( http://www.nnsquad.org/archives/nnsquad/msg03399.html )
http://bit.ly/c6XXTa (PCWorld)
PCWorld headlined this article as "Caller ID Spoofing Ban is Bad for
Business," but I believe that they are being unnecessarily alarmist.
CNID spoofing abuse is rampant, and frequently being used in ways that
cross the line from "funny" to genuinely harmful. The CNID system was
never designed for open manipulation outside the confines of the
"trusted" telephone network infrastructure, and I have long called for
some action to place sanctions on such abuses.
The legislation is very clear that it applies only to "misleading or
inaccurate caller ID information, with the intent to defraud or
deceive."
Those last seven words (quite appropriately, I believe) should exempt
legitimate manipulation of CNID by firms and services in ways that
are not intended to "defraud or deceive."
In particular, PCWorld's suggestion that Google Voice's handling of
CNID would be negatively impacted by this legislation strikes me as
specious and inaccurate.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
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Co-Founder, PFIR
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