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TrapCall unmasking service: No more anonymous caller
D' Technology Weblog —
... The service offered by New Jersey’s TelTech systems, the company behind the controversial SpoofCard Caller ID spoofing service, is basically a free unmasking service, and includes the option of blacklisting unwanted callers by phone number. It also allows you to listen to your voicemail over the web. It’s currently available to AT&T and T-Mobile subscribers, with support for the other major carriers due within weeks.
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TrapCall: Anonymity denied to Caller ID... at least for now
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... your time... but there's ways to get around those guards too.
In the age of technology, privacy is all about the flux and ebb, the clash between competing systems.The way technology and capitalism interact will prompt other companies to come up with solutions that will guarantee customer privacy, just like how anonymous email services allow you to email someone without giving your identity away. I like that. It can only make privacy stronger and more clearly defined.
Anonymous Caller? New Service Says, Not Any More [Threat Level]
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Free service unmasks Caller ID on blocked incoming calls
Boing Boing —
... in the early days of Caller ID. "I have huge concerns about that,” says Cindy Southworth, director of technology at the National Network to End Domestic Violence, in Washington, D.C. Southworth fears that abusers will use the new service to locate partners fleeing a violent relationship.
In a notable case in 1995, a Texas man named Kevin Roberson shot his ex-girlfriend to death after locating her through the Caller ID device on her roommate's phone line.
TrapCall unmasks Caller ID on blocked incoming calls
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Did Kevin Mitnick Sell A Telephone Hack?
Silicon Alley Insider —
... Wired Threat Level is running a story on a controversial new service named "TrapCall," which uses a loophole in telephony software to display the Caller ID information of any inbound call -- even if a caller has explicitly programmed their phone to hide Caller ID. ...
TrapCall Displays Blocked Numbers on Your Caller ID [Caller ID]
Gizmodo —
... your caller. Amusingly enough, the only way to truly protect your phone number from TrapCall is by signing up for their SpoofCard service—it allows you to display a number of your choosing on a Caller ID. Obviously, this will generate serious privacy concerns. On one hand, it prevents creepy or threatening calls and on the other, it could expose victims trying to keep their whereabouts a secret. So, which side of this debate are you on? [TrapCall via Wired via Boing Boing Gadgets]
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TrapCall service shows Caller ID of even blocked numbers
Obsessable News Feed —
... If you've been enjoying the relatively anonymity of blocking your number from showing up in Caller ID, it looks like your luck is about to run out. TrapCall from TelTech is a new, free service that uses some fancy call routing tricks to get around any of those blocks callers might have in place, making sure that you can see their number on incoming calls, no matter what. ...
TrapCall unmasks Blocked Caller ID
I4U News —
... and Wired . Posted on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:18:54 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Linkpost | 2.18.2009
TechBlog —
... - Time also lists the most overrated blogs. • Anonymous Caller? New Service Says, Not Any More - Lets you run cell calls through an 800 number, which strips away Caller ID blocking. Posted by Dwight at February 18, 2009 06:01 AM Comments Post a comment Please use a valid e-mail address . We don't harvest addresses, you will not be spammed and your address will not be publicly visible. But if I have a question about your comment, I need to be able to contact you. Thank you. URL: Remember Me? Yes No Comments: (you may use HTML tags for style) E-mail this entry Email ...
Roundup: New Android G2 makes an appearance, layoffs hit 300,000, Apple sales slowing
VentureBeat —
... Hacking Caller ID: A service dubbed TrapCall from TelTech Systems of New Jersey lets people figure out who is calling them, even if that caller is trying to stay anonymous by using Caller ID. Now what will obscene phone callers do to hide? ...
New service promises to expose anonymous phone calls
Yahoo! Tech Advisors —
... wants to allow customers to finally be rid of blocked calls for good , and the concept couldn't be simpler: Sign up for TrapCall and the service lets you expose all the blocked calls you receive. A related feature also lets you listen to your voice mail over the web or, for a fee, read a transcript of it online. The TrapCall service works with AT and T-Mobile phones right now, and the company says it plans to offer it for other carriers in the next few weeks. The way it works is fairly simple and clever: Users set their phone up to forward any blocked or missed calls to ...
