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Article #322Re: Caller-ID modem (was Re: repost from comp.dcom.telecom
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 02:46
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 02:46
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In article <C0IAnp.xpo@austin.ibm.com> johniac@austin.ibm.com (John Iacoletti) writes:
>In article <QVTMV06@taronga.com>, peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>|> How could the phone company possibly know who's calling? The only verifiable
>|> information they have is the calling phone number.
>They know the name of the person who is responsible for paying the
>bills for that phone number.
So? The billing name and the number are exactly equivalent pieces of
information from the point of view of privacy violation. For that matter,
I'd rather give out my number than my name, since you don't even need
a reverse directory to get a number *and* address from a name.
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Newsgroups: tx.general,austin.talk Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!wotan.compaq.com!cs.utexas.edu!menudo.uh.edu!nuchat!taronga!peter From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: Caller-ID modem (was Re: repost from comp.dcom.telecom Message-ID: <CCVM9B2@taronga.com> Organization: Taronga Park BBS References: <C0GIpt.12LB@austin.ibm.com> <QVTMV06@taronga.com> <C0IAnp.xpo@austin.ibm.com> Distribution: tx Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 02:46:29 GMT Lines: 17