iPhone controversial Phishing application allows the number of false

Caller ID spoofing has been around for several years, and the controversy that surrounds him has not diminished. Call-spoofing is the act of changing a phone number that appears on the screen when someone calls you to call them. Instead of blocking or revealing their actual number, you can choose the number shown in the figure.

Although still unknown to the general public, this kind of service continues to gain in popularity and is used by everyone from ordinary people, professionals, law enforcement officials and celebrities, including. This is a tool that allows people to maintain their anonymity and to preserve its identity, at least, their phone numbers private. Even when you call, who knows and trusts, there is a likelihood that a person can be lost or stolen from his number. For celebrities, in particular, it can be catastrophic.

There are several manufacturers that offer the service under the name of any impersonation. In addition to the so-called "spoofing", and other services and calling features have been added in recent years. Some of these include changes in voice, call recording, SMS spoofing, false identity numbers, and, more recently, mobile applications.

SpoofTel, Caller ID spoofing provider, which was recently iPhone application that allows you to use the service from your iPhone. Because of the dispute, were not represented in the store iPhone, but still available for download on other sites. Although still fairly new, the application is already downloaded by thousands of users iPhone.

Caller ID spoofing has appeared in various news in recent years, usually associated with some type of proposal to ban or prohibit the service. There is considerable controversy over the theft of a challenge, because I know that in the past, which will be used by fraudsters. Some people used the services of phishing and illegal purposes in the past. Nevertheless, most vendors have become quite successful in preventing fraudsters to take advantage of its services and is not as big a problem as it was in the past. In addition, phishing services are used by many people for many purposes. Most people use the services of legal theft.

With the substitution of service providers to consistently produce additional services and opportunities, not like the caller ID spoofing is nowhere in the short term.