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by rusk 2488 days ago
> If you’re spoofing a random number for telemarketing calls that’s just not fraud.

It absolutely is, and in most civilised countries is illegal.

Like, I can totally believe that in the USA where any old lunatic can own an automatic weapon amd nobody gets concerned until he shoots up a school thats the case ye

There’s probably some constitutional argument that you can spoof your number based on something ridiculous like free speech

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>in most civilised countries is illegal.

I feel like we’re moving goalposts here and “civilised countries” will sooner than later become “English-speaking countries”, in which case I’m totally willing to concede that you’re probably right.

Very few countries have found it necessary to prohibit CID spoofing.

> I feel like we’re moving goalposts

More semantics. Yawn. Save it for debate club.

When you're wrong you're wrong :)