Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!apple!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!pollux!attctc!vector!telecom-gateway From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Caller ID Privacy Question Message-ID: Date: 4 Sep 89 20:01:58 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg) Organization: Omen Technology Inc, Portland Oregon Lines: 13 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 347, message 3 of 9 If one needs absolute privacy, why not mail a letter? Unlike the imperious insistient jangle of the phone's bell, a letter arriving in the post does not rouse the receiving party from the middle of sleep, ruin his leisure, or break his concentration. As I see it, the critics of caller ID would arrogate to themselves the right to blast in and interrupt the privacy and serenity of the called party. I on the other hand would like to reclaim some of my privacy and serenity, and caller ID could be used to this end. One useful adjunct to caller ID would be some identification indicating a mass marketing cold call (soliciting, etc.). Originators of "junk calls" could be required to use this ID *without* compromising their rights of free speech.