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From: jrc@ritcv.UUCP (James R Carbin)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Transmission of caller's phone number to called phone
Message-ID: <516@ritcv.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 6-Sep-83 23:18:01 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep  6 23:18:01 1983
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Forgive me for the delay in adding my thoughts on this issue, but I have been
in the hospital and only now am I catching up on reading the "news."

I would vehemently oppose such a feature as I maintain two phone lines:

one which is publicly listed in the directory which I choose to answer or
    not answer as I see fit

and

another unlisted number which is known only to close friends, etc.  I can
then answer this phone knowing that it is a relative, friend, or someone
else of importance such as a doctor, etc.  If I were to utilize this line
for a call to someone else to whom I would not like to disclose my number,
by accident, I might end up doing so.

While one can answer my objection with a simple, "Well stupid, just look
to see which phone you are using," it is conceivable that a guest in my
home might use the unlisted phone without my knowledge and the privacy
of my unlisted number has been compromised.

Granted that such a feature might be of value to many, I would hope (expect?)
that it would be an optional feature that could be suppressed by the calling
party so as to protect the privacy of an unlisted number.

j.r.