Questions tagged [pots]
POTS is used for the old telephone system (Plain Old Telephone System).
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How secure is a land line phone call?
What are the risks of communicating sensitive information using a land line? Once my voice gets digitized does the carrier use encryption during transport?
We have all heard about rogue cell towers (...
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Why is caller ID spoofing so simple, and catching offenders so hard?
There is plenty of software which allows a user to input a recipient's information, and a fake-originator's information, and the software will complete the caller ID spoof. I'm trying to understand ...