IB asks DoT to block ‘We Phone’ app
The Intelligence Bureau has asked the department of telecom to block ‘We Phone’ application as it facilitates spoofing of caller ID and is difficult to identify to locate or identify actual caller. “IB has written to DoT around a month back to block ‘We Phone’ application which is freely available on Android Play Store and Apple’s application store as it allows user to spoof call,” an official source said. ‘We Phone’ application, which offers call service similar to Skype, allows user to make free calls using mobile internet service to other subscriber having same application. The intelligence agency has written that the server of ‘We Phone’ is located outside India and any call made from ‘We Phone’ is routed through the server located abroad and therefore it is difficult to identify and locate the actual calling number or user.
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