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- From: kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jason Balicki (KodaK))
- Subject: Re: New Supra Chipset:Caller ID:Condoms
- Message-ID: <Bx9B5J.9B0@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
- References: <1992Nov4.175927.18434@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com> <Bx7rqx.M9z@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1992Nov5.143240.17188@tronsbox.xei.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 18:53:42 GMT
- Lines: 41
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- In article <1992Nov5.143240.17188@tronsbox.xei.com> dfrancis@tronsbox.xei.com (Dennis Heffernan) writes:
- >In article <Bx7rqx.M9z@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jason Balicki (KodaK)) writes:
- >|I didn't say I didn't trust the sysop. I merely stated that caller ID
- >|is an invasion of privicy. As a matter of fact, the private bbs isn't
- >|what I'm concerned about (mostly). It's the online services -- Genie, Portal,
- >|Compuserve etc. So some other company needs the names of Amiga owners
- >|for a phone ad campaign. Well, x-service has caller ID, let's ask them!
- >
- > What, are you stupid or something?
-
- First, lay off the personal attacks. I didn't call you stupid, you don't
- call me stupid, understand?
-
- > Commercial services ASK for your phone number when you sign up,
- >remember? GEnie and QuantumLink both called me to tell me my account was
- >active! IE, they already KNOW your phone number and don't need Caller ID to
- >find it.
-
- Read the fine print. That's OPTIONAL information. Magazines compile lists.
- Mail order companies compile lists. Online services compile lists. Then
- they SELL these lists to those "professional" marketers.
-
- >the many professional targetted-marketing agencies. They have your phone
- >number, too...whether or not you gave it to them.
-
- Which is the thing I'm trying to avoid. I really think that compiling
- information on someone is an invasion of privacy. Although that has
- nothing to do with CID directly, it can be an end result.
-
- Again, the last thing I want is a flame war. A discussion of the merits
- and faults of caller ID (almost) belongs in c.s.a.datacom. A flamewar
- belongs in c.s.a.advocacy.
-
- >Dennis F. Heffernan dfrancis@tronsbox.xei.com e4461005@apollo.montclair.edu
- >----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >"I don't understand why you make such a big deal out of everything...haven't
- >you learned; if it's not happenning to me it's not important?" -Murphy Brown
- >
-
- --Jason Balicki
- kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
-