Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!ames!haven!uvaarpa!murdoch!astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU!gl8f From: gl8f@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Post Office plans to sell address databases. Message-ID: <1990Dec18.221039.519@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Date: 18 Dec 90 22:10:39 GMT References: <1990Dec17.210616.3399@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Sender: news@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Distribution: comp Organization: Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia Lines: 14 In article abrams@cs.columbia.edu (Steven Abrams) writes: >Is this sufficient reason for making databases illegal? No. It's sufficient reason to be worried. Don't assume that everyone upset about the growing capability for database abuse is out to ban them. For example, Brad Templeton posted a very interesting proposal which would require databases to tag where information came from, and for people who submit information to databases to tell you when they collect the information. I *don't* want to receive junk mail, junk fax, and junk phone calls, and I will gladly shop at businesses that give me a choice to not get inundated.