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  2. 5 ways to block or hide your number when making calls - AOL

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    Kim Komando offers tips to block or hide their phone numbers when making calls. Blocking your number can go a long way in stopping annoying robocalls.

  3. How to know if someone blocked your calls - AOL

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    There are ways to hide your number from caller ID, either by changing your call settings or by downloading an app that will handle it for you. Here are five ways to block or hide your number when ...

  4. Unlisted number - Wikipedia

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    The second type unlisted number was not listed in the (paper based) phone book, but was listed on the directory service (a voice call to 018 in the 1970s). Listed number with a hidden address is useful for women's shelter etc., where the number needs to be listed, but where the address is to be hidden from the general public. Naturally, there ...

  5. Caller ID - Wikipedia

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    Caller-ID system response sounds in various cases: analog, ISDN and digital PBX Caller identification (Caller ID) is a telephone service, available in analog and digital telephone systems, including voice over IP (VoIP), that transmits a caller's telephone number to the called party's telephone equipment when the call is being set up.

  6. Need to Make a Private Call? Here's How to Block Your Number

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  7. Caller ID spoofing - Wikipedia

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    Caller ID spoofing is a spoofing attack which causes the telephone network's Caller ID to indicate to the receiver of a call that the originator of the call is a station other than the true originating station. This can lead to a display showing a phone number different from that of the telephone from which the call was placed.

  8. STIR/SHAKEN - Wikipedia

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    STIR/SHAKEN, or SHAKEN/STIR, is a suite of protocols and procedures intended to combat caller ID spoofing on public telephone networks.Caller ID spoofing is used by robocallers to mask their identity or to make it appear the call is from a legitimate source, often a nearby phone number with the same area code and exchange, or from well-known agencies like the Internal Revenue Service or ...

  9. Call blocking - Wikipedia

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    These devices rely on caller ID information and thus a phone blocker requires a caller ID service active on the line for blocking to function. Treatment of blocked calls may include: Sending the caller to voicemail; Sending the caller to busy signal; Sending the caller to "Number No Longer in Service" Sending the caller to "Keep Ringing"