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I'm not sure if the technology existed as easy back in the day, but if it's publicly available now and this easy to do, I'd imagine there was a slightly more difficult yet still effective way of making a different number appear when calling someone in the 80s-90s-00s.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mathrawk.calleridfaker&hl=en
> okay, so do we know that's what happened here?
Nope, we don't.
> What proof do you have that this was just a spoofed call?
None.
> Or are we just running with narratives with zero substantiation because it protects a group of people we like?
Uhh, the narrative that she did this has zero substantiation, either. Also, nobody likes DWS.
> We know the call was made. Now if she can prove it wasn't her, it's fair to speculate. It's not fair to speculate when Occam's Razor is in full effect...
Considering that 1) her phone number is public 2) spoofing is easy 3) she is rather hated, and this would make her look bad, especially targetting this lawyer who is very social media happy, I'd say Occam's Razor sides with it being a spoof.
P.s., here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mathrawk.calleridfaker&hl=en
Now you too can make prank calls in DWS's name.
It's really easy to fake someone's caller ID. All you need is an app and you can fake your dad's exact number. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mathrawk.calleridfaker
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mathrawk.calleridfaker&hl=en
Unfortunately for us all, its very much a thing.
The call ends with "okey dokey"? A famous conservative making fun of Obama and company line?
Yeah I don't buy this one bit and you shouldn't either.