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From: pkr@sgi.com (Phil Ronzone)
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Subject: Re: Telephone Caller ID's
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Date: 4 Apr 91 23:36:07 GMT
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In article <1991Apr1.201553.6064@watdragon.waterloo.edu> gcreesor@tiger.uwaterloo.ca (Glen Reesor) writes:
>In article <1991Apr1.181048.21377@odin.corp.sgi.com>, pkr@sgi.com (Phil Ronzone) writes:
>> Neither does caller ID. After all, since when was a phone number
>> identification????????
>
>It becomes identification when paired with a reversed telephone book.
>These books are listed by *number*, so the number becomes an index to
>your identity.  I'm not sure of the restrictions on obtaining these, but
>I browsed one when I was employed by a major insurance company.


Again - that is not identification. The phone book provides a mapping
of the phone number to a name and/or address -- both of which may have
little to do with reality. And of course, it is not identification
because who knows who the caller is.




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