Safeguarding your personal information has become more crucial than ever. One aspect of privacy that often goes overlooked is your phone number, which can be easily exposed when making calls.

Caller ID used to be a very simple thing in the "landline phones and copper wires" days. If somebody called you, their number showed up on the display, and if it didn't, then the caller had ...

Although the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has effectively banned number spoofing from robocalls, that only prevents someone from making up a fake caller ID to try to trick you into ...

For the past two months, 91-year-old South Milwaukee resident Dorothy Wiza's phone has been bombarded with spam calls. Starting in November, while Wiza ate meals at her kitchen table or sorted through ...

Spam calls from telemarketers and loan agents can be a constant nuisance. Fortunately, both Android and iPhone users can ...

New measures by U.S. regulators could help thwart some of the billions of robocalls received in the U.S. The Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday that it will vote in June on whether to ...

They vanished for a while, but “No Caller ID” calls are back, and not always for the better. These days, lots of people across the US are seeing more anonymous calls. Some are harmless, like delivery ...

If you are like me and refuse to give up your home landline, you're probably no stranger to... well, strange calls. Landlines are more prone to spam calls than cellphones, which offer better ...

Does Caller ID Mean Much in the Age of Spoofed Numbers? Your email has been sent Learn how caller ID works, why people use it, how you can manage your own caller ID data, and how to protect yourself.

April 28 (UPI) --The FCC wants to block robocalls from bypassing ID authentication tools in older non-Internet Protocol network technology. Mass recordings promoting or selling something are illegal ...

Cell phones are being bombarded with scam texts. Even just clicking on a malicious link can compromise your personal information. Scam texts typically involve messages that feel urgent, asking you to ...