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From: greg@hoss.unl.edu (Lig Lury Jr.)
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Subject: Information Hiding (was: Re: Caller ID problems)
Keywords: Caller ID
Message-ID: <1991Apr06.200706.26190@hoss.unl.edu>
Date: 6 Apr 91 20:07:06 GMT
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... edg@netcom.COM (Ed Greenberg) writes:
>... ziegast@eng.umd.edu (Eric W. Ziegast) writes:

>>6. The Caller ID compatable answering machine

>I want one of these :-)

This is an idea I've been thinking of.  Why should the person see the
number?  Make it automated, and don't reveal numbers.  You program your
phone with known numbers you want to have ring specially.  Others behave
normally.  You have the option of taking a call, deciding you never want
to be contacted by that person again, and make the equivalent of a KILL
file for that number.  You need not know the number.  You could also have
a setup to automatically inform police officials of the offending call,
who would be cleared for specific number information.

This also allows for call-back ability, to be able to connect back to the
originating caller, without needing to know the number, and other enhanced
features.

This provides the security that the receiver wants, while not infringing
on the rights of the caller by having numbers visible.  In this case,
having visible numbers should be an expensive ability, and must be shown
as necessary on a case-by-case basis.  Stiff penalties for patching into
the information without authorization, and even more stiff for abuse of
obtained numbers, especially when illegally obtained.

In the Domino's Pizza realm, they don't need the number displayed.  They
still ask for the number (standard procedure), then punch in that number.
If it matches, it says so.  If not, it says it doesn't, but doesn`t give
out the real number.  The electronics will only let you know as much as
you need to know.  They know more themselves, but they won't tell you
everything.

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A setup like that (which someone should have already thought of, and
probably has) would be what should be put in.  Freedoms currently
exercised aren't infringed, and you get the enhanced abilities.

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