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- From: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal)
- Subject: Re: Op-ed piece on telephone Caller ID
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- References: <1993Jan20.010456.20340@samba.oit.unc.edu> <1993Jan20.034800.2382@athena.mit.edu> <1jj134INN35j@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU>
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:37:44 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan20.034800.2382@athena.mit.edu> sybok@athena.mit.edu (The Rifleman) writes:
- >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.
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- In Britain at least, all digital exchanges log all calls with from&to
- numbers and deliver them to a central database where the police/SIS can
- study them at leisure. *every single call* in the country. I'd imagine
- the situation in the US is similar, except they're probably supposed to
- get a warrant first. (The police are here, though since the phone system
- is covered by the Official Secrets Act, we've no way of knowing whether
- they bother; the SIS don't need a warrant since they're beyond the law)
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- G
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