Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!netsys!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 23:47:18 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: Ken Dykes Organization: S.D.G. UofWaterloo Lines: 34 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 312, message 2 of 6 In article Ken Dykes writes: >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 >[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] 1) If everyone started being responsible for phone usage, you wouldn't need Caller*ID at all! 2) I can be responsible for *my* usage, but want to keep my number guarded because I can't guarantee the recipient will be responsible with the info. 3) Extend my idea to include ACCOUNTS not numbers, ie: I have 3 phone lines so, only ONE ID for any of the 3 show up (now you only need to remember one number, not 3!) Extend this further to calling-cards, any call I place with my card (from a booth, work, vacation) will show with MY ID, see: more useful 4) Besides, I would expect people in general would answer the phone to "strange" IDs, it's just the "repeat offenders" you would ignore. Thus it really shouldn't be necessary to give you my ID in advance, you will learn the ones you DON'T like. 5) Heck, if its associated with my account, it could follow me when I change phone numbers, see: less complicated -- I don't have to inform you in advance when I change my configuration. -- - 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