   cell phone trickery
  My friend says she has a friend who, with his magical phone, can see who she's talking to if he tries calling her and gets call waiting.  I don't think it's possible but I am still a little paranoid.  Is it possible / are there any particular laws this could violate, so I could just cite them and say she's wrong?On an unrelated note, I've heard caller ID can be spoofed, if the phone company doesn't check or something.  Is this possible/legal?   
  Sounds like to me she's just added an image to a contact, so it appears whenever he calls her. Simple enough.The only other option is that it's 3G - but then you can't see the other person until the call connects.   ;  What I meant was, he said he knows who she's talking to if he gets call waiting-ed.   ;  Total bullshit.   ;  With Verizon you get a slightly different ring when you dial someone who is on the phone with someone else, but as far as I can tell, you can't figure out who they're talking to.And don't ever tell this to your significant other. I did once and she ALWAYS got super paranoid whenever I was on the phone with someone when she called. *sigh*   ;  You couldn't do it unless you are the cell phone company and you are checking the logs in real time.  Someone off the street wouldn't be able to do it.  I would ask this friend to try it on his "magic" cell phone.  Have the girl call some random person and have the guy call her and find out who she's talking to, he won't be able to, because he's just pulling her leg.I pull tricks like this all the time on non-techie friends (ditzy girls are the best).  Actually just this weekend I convinced my friend that I changed his wallpaper by calling a secret number and punching in a code.  He didn't believe me, then I asked him how else I would have been able to change his background without picking up his phone.  He was shocked and awed, and everyone for the rest of the trip was convinced that I am an 31337  |> |-| |2 3 /-\ |< 3 |2!!!!.  What he didn't see is me picking up his phone while I distracted him, take a picture of my crotch, and then put the phone back without him seeing.Your friend probably just got fooled by something like that and then actually believed her friend has a magic phone.  Anytime someone tells you they have something "magic" or know something "secret" they are trying to make an ass out of you.   ;Quote:Original post by ChurchSkiz[...]Anytime someone tells you they have something "magic" or know something "secret" they are trying to make an ass out of you.Yeah, right. Next you'll be claiming that politicians are liars with only token concern for their constituency and none at all for my general welfare!   ;  I convinced someone that my monitor had a secret touch screen that only I could use by tapping the Windows Start button on the screen while serepitiously hitting the Windows Key on my keyboard.   ;  Since he is her boyfriend he can most likely guess fairly accurately who she is talking to by the time of day or what's going on in her life.   