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From: nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Caller ID problems
Message-ID: <1991Apr3.144402.9307@alphalpha.com>
Date: 3 Apr 91 14:44:02 GMT
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In article <4091.27f8c8bb@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com writes:
>> my USAA credit card.  I just about died.  It's a very strange feeling
>> to have a total stranger start telling you stuff about yourself.
>> 
>The next time you call MacConnection, call from the phone of another 
>Mac owner and just correct the shipping address.
>
>This is a real risk associated with STUPID use of callerid by
>a merchant.

They aren't that dumb.  They still insist that you read the credit card number
to them and they still confirm that they have the address right.  In fact it's
a very convenient use of the feature and well managed - it just shook me up.
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I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.