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Article #166Re: What can ISDN be used for
From: Anselm Lingnau
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 1990 18:27
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 1990 18:27
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Mike Rychener comments: > I can imagine newspapers, entertainment (movies, concerts), magazines, > video news, all customized to individual preferences, arriving on > your terminal I don't know whether that would be a good idea. Various Secret Services, though, might like to be able to obtain listings of which people read which `radical' publication... Also one could foresee `customized' junk `mail' to an even larger extent than is normal these days. Yuck. The trouble about the whole business is that while the technology seems to be just about ready, the legislation (privacy, protection of personal data, ...) is not. Not in most places in the world, not by a long shot. Anselm Lingnau
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!decwrl!limbo!taylor From: anselm@castle.ed.ac.uk (Anselm Lingnau) Newsgroups: comp.society Subject: Re: What can ISDN be used for Message-ID: <1202@limbo.Intuitive.Com> Date: 17 Sep 90 18:27:43 GMT Sender: taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com Organization: Edinburgh University Computing Service Lines: 15 Approved: taylor@Limbo.Intuitive.Com