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- From: bhayden@teal.csn.org (Bruce Hayden)
- Subject: Re: CPSR & Caller ID?
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- References: <reudi.724005584@msi.umn.edu> <1992Dec10.181556.8815@netcom.com> <1992Dec14.205909.19682@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 08:50:13 GMT
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- Joe.Francis@dartmouth.edu (Joe Francis) writes:
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- >In article <1992Dec10.181556.8815@netcom.com>
- >strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
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- >> A typical example is CPSR's position on caller ID, which has
- >> the effect of defending the right of others to block their lines
- >> from being IDed when they call you and thus invade YOUR privacy
- >> as the initial overt act. It doesn't occur to CPSR that a pure
- >> libertarian position would say that if someone didn't want to
- >> be IDed he simply need not call.
-
- >There is nothing "libertarian" about your position. And if ringing
- >your phone is an invasion of your privacy, I would think that ringing
- >your phone and supplying a # would also be an invasion of your privacy.
- >
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- >I simply don't accept your premise(s).
-
- I seem to have missed something. Are you arguing for or against
- Caller Id? Are you arguing that the caller has a higher expectation
- of privacy than the recipient?
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- Bruce E. Hayden
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