Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wasatch!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!texsun!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: kgdykes@watmath.waterloo.edu (Ken Dykes) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Caller ID Privacy Question Message-ID: Date: 20 Aug 89 00:57:49 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: Ken Dykes Organization: S.D.G. UofWaterloo Lines: 20 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 311, message 3 of 10 Someone suggested that unlisted lines show up on Caller-ID as some unique number that may be cross referenced by the phone company. Well, why just the unlisted ones? Why not ALL numbers mapped into a different unique value. Users will soon learn to recognize the ones they want to answer or want to avoid, phone numbers are protected, and when necessary they can be looked up by The Company. -ken -- - Ken Dykes, Software Development Group, UofWaterloo, Canada [43.47N 80.52W] kgdykes@watmath.waterloo.edu [129.97.128.1] kgdykes@waterloo.csnet kgdykes@water.bitnet watmath!kgdykes [Moderator's Note: Under your scenario, when we exchange phone numbers on first meeting, we also have to exchange secret numbers! "...my phone call will generate '123MJ5092G&H?' on your readout.....I am only giving you this because you are too itsy-poo to answer your phone and tell the bill collectors and itinerant telemarketing people to bug off...." Much too complicated. Let's just show the number of origin, and start being responsible for our behavior and actions on the phone, okay? PT]