Reply to post: Re: re: 1) my phone blocks numbers not in my contact list

Contact-tracer spoofing is already happening – and it's dangerously simple to do

Martin-73 Silver badge

Re: re: 1) my phone blocks numbers not in my contact list

Not if the PABX is Centrex* style, then each extension has its own landline number.

Most universities and hospitals do this... extension 1234 will have the number 0xxxx xx1234 as its caller ID and DDI number

*centrex is a US term, I forget what Brutish Tellycon call theirs

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