Xref: utzoo comp.org.eff.talk:2129 alt.privacy:370 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!olivea!apple!portal!sv!gundrum From: gundrum@svc.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk,alt.privacy Subject: Re: Caller ID problems Message-ID: <1991Apr16.213217.4102@svc.portal.com> Date: 16 Apr 91 21:32:17 GMT References: <1991Apr12.140237.13950@menudo.uh.edu> <9270@lkbreth.foretune.co.jp> Organization: Software Ventures Corporation, Berkeley Lines: 18 >Another possible solution is that the phone company could alias "fake" >phone numbers to your phone number. WHen you call, the caller gets a >consistant fake number (999-XXX-YYYY, say). They can't call you back >but they CAN report this number to the phone company/cops in case of >trouble, and it can be traced, by the proper authorities, back to you. The "Private Line" business of blocking the outgoing call does exactly this. The phone will display "Private Line" but the called person can press a button to call back the caller, or press another button to send the real number to the police. At least, this is what the phone company pamphlet implied in CA. ~~~Eric -- _______________________________________________________________________ Any statements made by this account are strictly based on heresay and should be assumed to have no intelligence behind them. (No, that does not mean they have the approval of management.) gundrum@svc.portal.com