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- From: jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond)
- Subject: Re: Op-ed piece on telephone Caller ID
- Message-ID: <r2_s+ff@dixie.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 06:02:50 GMT
- Organization: Dixie Communications Public Access. The Mouth of the South.
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- References: <1993Jan20.034800.2382@athena.mit.edu>
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- sybok@athena.mit.edu (The Rifleman) writes:
-
- >>If you don't want Caller ID, don't purchase it. If you want to be private,
- >>don't call me. If you're worried about not being able to make obscene
- >>phone calls, seek professional help.
-
- >I consider myself PRO-PRIVACY and a libertarian. I oppose caller
- >ID because the GOVERNMENT can abuse it to compile lists of
- >undesirables---political dissidents, "perpetrators" of victimless crimes,
- >people with unpopular attititudes, etc.
-
- >You have no right to force me to identify myself whenever I want
- >to use the telephone to communicate with the government.
-
-
- TERMIE's BACK!!
-
- Hey Termie, hate to break up your rant but the government (and anyone else
- willing to pay for it) has had "super Caller ID" almost from the moment
- of divestiture. This is known as ANI (automatic number identification)
- and is provided as part of a service called (was? still is?) Feature
- Group D service. This is normally provided on "4 wire E&M" or T-1
- trunk service. No pussy local-area-only restrictions either.
- ANI comes in from any call from almost any part of the world. How do you
- think all these little two bit long distance companies and the 900
- chat line providers get their billing information? *BINGO*
-
- Caller*ID has simply brought us ordinary civilians up to what the big
- businesses and government has had for years.
-
- John
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