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Smartphone screen showing an incoming spoofed call from the fake number 07777 999999, accompanied by a red warning triangle and the text: “We’re not in the age of spoofing experiments. We’re in the age of spoofing infrastructure.”

Caller ID Is Dying. Long Live Caller ID.

Caller ID is no longer proof of identity. From spoofed mobile numbers to SIM swaps and grey-route attacks, the telecom trust model is crumbling. This post explores why caller ID can’t be trusted — and what telcos, regulators, and users must do to rebuild it.