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From: cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Caller ID in Atlanta
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Date: 21 Dec 90 21:01:39 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 900, Message 9 of 11


A one-year trial will not be enough to expose the profound effects of
Caller ID...for example, building telemarketing lists, getting enough
customers on the system to build these lists, their use by
telemarketers for return calls, etc.

I suggest that separating "moral/ethical/other" issues in another
conference caters to technological determinism: implement the
technology, then let others try to fix things in its aftermath.
 
But there is active discussion in both Risks and the new eff.org.talk
newsgroups.


Bob Jacobson


[Moderator's Note: And don't forget the discussion going on in the
Telecom-Priv Digest as well.     PAT]