Comment by ankole_watusi on 01/02/2025 at 11:47 UTC

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View submission: Receiving several slightly threatening texts from various numbers. Is there a way to unmask the numbers?

The most you can do is identify the VoIP service they are using.

Carrier-provided filtering apps can usually do this. For example Verizon Call Filter.

Police or criminal prosecutor or an attorney filing a John Doe case could then potentially compel the VoIP provider to reveal the identity of the caller.

IF they had used accurate ID.

The caller just configures the caller ID number they’d like to have shown. No hackery needed.

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Comment by RDBlack at 01/02/2025 at 19:25 UTC

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Thank you for the insight