Editor’s Note: Following the announcement Monday of the launch of a new caller ID spoofing service, popular techie weblog engadget tracked doen the firm’s CEO for a Q&A session on the new service.
We tried out that new caller ID spoofing service meant for law enforcement agencies, private investigators and collection agencies. We were able to make calls pretending to be from satan (666-666-6666) as well as from pi (3141592653), fake movie people (555-555-5555) and lastly, Tommy Tutone (867-5309). How did we do this? With a new service from Star38.com. We interviewed their CEO, who explains how this all works and more.
Jason Jepson, CEO Star38.com is about to launch a new service that spoofs the phone you?re calling so that it appears you?re actually calling from a phone number of your own choosing.
We caught up with Jason and threw a few questions his way. At the end we?ve included some pictures of the service in action.
Who is this service geared towards?
Our service is geared towards law enforcement agencies, private investigators and collection agencies.
Depending on what circles you travel in, spoofing caller ID can be accomplished with many Voice Over IP services. Is this the same thing?
No, it is not. The means in which people are spoofing caller ID over VOIP is illegal right now?and prank or no prank, it is breaking the law. Our service is legal.
For this complete interview, please visit Questions About the Caller I.D. Spoofing Service Answered.
