Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rphroy!caen!math.lsa.umich.edu!sharkey!news.iastate.edu!cs352a41 From: cs352a41@cs.iastate.edu (Adam Goldberg) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Modem backdoor passwords (was re: security functions) Message-ID: Date: 19 Apr 91 15:29:12 GMT References: <1991Apr15.155157.19473@cimage.com> <21400047@bfmny0.BFM.COM> <1991Apr19.003440.20107@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA Lines: 28 mike@pyrite.SOM.CWRU.Edu (Michael Kerner) writes: >Nope. It isn't likely. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (or was it Ohio?) [I assume he's talking about Caller*ID] >at any rate, struck down the feature because it is in clear violation of >privacy rights. Since I can't call anyone without them knowing who I am >the court decided that the privacy of the caller was being violated. As a >result, we won't be seeing the feature in any states that I know of for a >long time to come... >Mike@pyrite.som.cwru.edu Buzzzzzz. Parts of Kentucky have had Caller*ID for about 5 months now. If you're dialing someone and you don't want them to know who you are, you can dial a special code (something like 78*) before the # and they won't be able to tell who you are. However, if you're receiving obscene phone calls, you can ask the phone company to keep a log of the #s that call you and even if the caller does teh 78*, the phone company still knows who you are and you can be caught (and prosecuted). -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ! Adam Goldberg ! * ! "It's simple! Even a PASCAL ! ! cs352a41@cs.iastate.edu ! * ! programmer could do it!" ! +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+