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From: johne@hp-vcd.HP.COM (John Eaton)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Re: Caller ID: a modest proposal
Message-ID: <6750007@hp-vcd.HP.COM>
Date: 30 Jan 91 23:18:44 GMT
References: <48611@apple.Apple.COM>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
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<  I have heard it seriously stated that one
< consequence of Caller ID could be more acts of vigilantism and "street
< justice" -- with innocent people being blown away.  How would you like to
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This could make wrong numbers very dangerous. Call a wrong number at midnite
looking for JOE and they might decide to call you back at 5:30 am and tell
you that he is still not there.

I once shared a house with a jr high teacher who received a lot of prank
calls so I initially thought CID would be great. Since then I have heard
arguments from privacy groups pointing out how commercial interests could
really use CID in ways that most of us would not want. I do not want to
get on the mailing list for every company I ever call.


John Eaton
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