[Infowarrior] - Anonymous Caller? New Service Says, Not Any More

[Richard Forno]

Anonymous Caller? New Service Says, Not Any More

A new service set for launch Tuesday allows cellphone users to unmask  
the Caller ID on  blocked incoming calls, obtaining the phone number,  
and in some cases the name and address, of the no-longer-anonymous  
caller.

The service, called TrapCall, is offered by New Jersey's TelTech  
systems, the company behind the controversial SpoofCard Caller ID  
spoofing service. The new service is likely to be even more  
controversial — and popular.

"What’s really interesting is that they’ve totally taken the privacy  
out of Caller ID," says former hacker Kevin Mitnick, who alpha-tested  
the service.

TrapCall's basic unmasking service is free, 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, says TelTech president Meir Cohen.

< - >

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/02/trapcall.html