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> The phone system needs to be updated to prevent apoofing of numbers. I know it jas its reasons for corporate exchanges and whatnot, but safety outweighs that.
by qwerty456127 8y ago
> The phone system needs to be updated to prevent apoofing of numbers. I know it jas its reasons for corporate exchanges and whatnot, but safety outweighs that. A Telco should be able to uniquely identify precisely who made a call.
I would never (unless I have a serious reason to believe this can save a life) report a crime non-anonymously as I neither want to become a suspect (for many kinds of crimes this is possible) nor to be forced to participate in a court or anything like that as a witness.
- sigstoat 8y ago> nor to be forced to participate in a court or anything like that as a witness. indeed. lay witnesses are treated rather poorly.
- masonic 8y agoA Telco should be able to uniquely identify precisely who made a call It can, via ANI, when 911 is called (ANI for landline, another mechanism for mobile). Swatters, however, generally spoof Caller ID and call a general police switchboard or dispatch line directly. Police don't have the discretion to just ignore blocked numbers.