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Learn about the history and usage of fictitious telephone numbers in movies, music and other media. Find out why 555-555-5555 is not a valid number in North America and what are some examples of famous phone numbers.
555-1212 is the national number for directory assistance in the North American Numbering Plan, used to find phone numbers by name or address. Learn about the history, usage, and fictional examples of the 555 prefix in movies, TV shows, and songs.
Mobile phone numbers are always 10 digits (three digits for the service provider, plus a seven-digit number). When making long-distance calls in the Philippines, the prefix 0 for domestic calls and 00 for international calls are used.
An IMSI-catcher is a fake mobile tower that intercepts mobile phone traffic and location data of users. It exploits a security hole in GSM and can be used by law enforcement or intelligence agencies, but also raises privacy concerns.
Learn how telephone numbers are written and dialed in different countries and regions, according to the ITU recommendation E.123. Compare the formats, lengths, prefixes and codes of landline, mobile, toll free and service numbers.
Learn about the history, structure and examples of fake news in the Philippines, a problem that affects politics, health, religion and other topics. Find out how fake news is used to influence elections, spread disinformation and deny human rights violations.
Example of caller ID spoofed via orange boxing; both the name and number are faked to reference leetspeak. 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.
A virtual number, also known as direct inward dialing (DID) or access numbers, is a telephone number without a directly associated telephone line.Usually, these numbers are programmed to forward incoming calls to one of the pre-set telephone numbers, chosen by the client: fixed, mobile or VoIP.