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- From: ccdarg@dct.ac.uk (Alan Greig)
- Newsgroups: uk.telecom
- Subject: Re: caller ID
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.111231.2969@dct.ac.uk>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 11:12:31 GMT
- References: <6526@mccuts.uts.mcc.ac.uk> <1993Jan20.125429.2497@aston.ac.uk> <C15y2n.C2u@fulcrum.co.uk>
- Organization: Dundee Institute of Technology
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- In article <C15y2n.C2u@fulcrum.co.uk>, graeme@fulcrum.co.uk (Graeme Hodgson) writes:
- > Well, seem to have started a bit of discussion here :^).
- >
- > I accept that in certain cases it is sensible to allow confidentiality
- > should the caller wish it. For this reason it is necessary to allow
- > the caller to be able to block on any call.
- >
- > However, I don't accept the paranoia-related reasons of "Oh my God,
- > now they'll call me all the time and try and sell me double glazing".
- > (Despite the second paragraph of my original posting!)
- >
- > In summary, I'm in favour of the facility - just thought I'd clear
- > that up.
- >
- > Note to G: even without CLID it seems that my phone number can be
- > readily obtained by people whom I would prefer not to
- > have it. Reading paranoid newsgroup archives will not
- > change this.
-
- Just because you *aren't* paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to
- get you :-)
-
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