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- From: mbrown@testsys.austin.ibm.com (Mark Brown)
- Newsgroups: austin.general
- Subject: Re: PUC: Caller ID illegal
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.155715.26466@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 15:57:15 GMT
- References: <1992Nov11.203442.6168@icus.ICUS.COM> <1992Nov16.202757.19402@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>
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- > dewey@vpdbox.austin.ibm.com writes:
- >>, lenny@icus.ICUS.COM (Lenny Tropiano) writes:
- >> PUC: Caller ID illegal
- >> Residential use would violate wiretap laws
- > I do not agree with Suzanne Donovan. I think the privacy issue is
- > important but ignores what citizens currently have to fight back
- > with when receiving harrassing phone calls.
-
- The privacy issue is a smokescreen for the real reason Bell wants Caller
- ID:
-
- It's an easy way for corporations to get caller databases.
-
- ...and *we'd* pay for the privilege! Think how many times you'd use CID
- to 'screen' calls, or how many numbers you'd remember at a glance,
- compared to the utility that, say, First Bank would receive...
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