> FWIW the FCC nominally levies a fine of up to $10,000 per caller ID spoofing incident: But they could just prevent it entirely by giving us the originator in

> FWIW the FCC nominally levies a fine of up to $10,000 per caller ID spoofing incident: But they could just prevent it entirely by giving us the originator info. The process is basically like this: Alice calls Bob. Phone system says "Alice, who do you want to tell Bob you are?" Alice says "Bob!" Phone system says "OK!" and bills Alice because they know who Alice is. Bob gets a call from Alice but displays as Bob because Alice requested to display as Bob. Bob goes "Wtf?" Bob reports it to the FCC but he can only report getting a call/text from his own number. FCC goes "Ooh those naughty caller ID spoofers we'll get them good next time! Too bad there's no way to prevent this..."