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Exactly! I almost added that to my reply above. To make the above situation even trickier, let's say the homeowners had a landline for years, but just recently
by biofunsf 3y ago
Exactly! I almost added that to my reply above.
To make the above situation even trickier, let's say the homeowners had a landline for years, but just recently switched to a VoIP gateway. Their VoIP gateway operator advertised a feature that their outgoing caller ID will make it look like they're calling from their old number. This is a real and desirable feature for lots of people. I'd rather not have police disregard all calls from VoIP gateways.
But to GP's point, of course what we really need is a genuine verifiable caller ID. Or at least some sort of verification that's instantly available to 911 operators. In this case, the VoIP provider should be able to assert that the call really is coming from that address in a way no one else can spoof.
- tbrownaw 3y ago... So no more getting prepaid sim cards (for, say, 2fa for a shitposting or politics account) without registering your government id with the provider?
- BLKNSLVR 3y agoIn Australia you can't activate a SIM card without registering your government ID with the provider. Similar with prepaid credit cards if memory serves. Flipside would be: don't use a burner phone/SIM to call 911 - or at least have an alternative method of verifying location / address.
- zirgs 3y agoYou can call emergency numbers without a SIM card.
- wmf 3y agoThe location spoofing is the real problem here, not ID. An anonymous SIM card can still give accurate location.