Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: brian@cbw1.UUCP (Brian Cuthie) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Yes! Directory Assistance via Modem Message-ID: Date: 29 Mar 89 14:51:39 GMT Sender: news@vector.UUCP Reply-To: brian@cbw1.UMD.EDU (Brian Cuthie) Organization: CBW, Columbia, MD 21046 Lines: 38 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 115, message 6 of 8 In article dts@cloud9.stratus.com (Daniel Senie) writes: >X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 112, message 3 of 4 >Several people have made the argument that CPID does not reveal the caller's >name or other such information and therefore does not really provide >information which would violate privacy. I beg to differ: >A year or two ago NYNEX announced plans to distribute the white pages on >CD-ROM. They claimed to get all NYNEX market telephone listings on a single >disc. While this information would not necessarily be indexed by phone number, >building such an index is not difficult. [other stuff deleted] Actually, US-WEST has already done this for the 14 mid west states that are in their territory. I personally played with this at FOSE (Federal Office Systems Expo) last month. They can key on *any* field quite rapidly. They were showing me how easy it was to find someone, then, if they've moved for instance, find the people who lived next door to them! The salesmen at the booth suggested that you would then call the neighbors to find a forwarding address. I know this info is available through other means, but this was truely scary. *ANYONE* who has $14,500/year can purchase the service which includes the software and a CD per month update. I have to wonder if your name, etc., would be provided on the disc if you have requested that it not be sold as part of a mailing list. It's amazing to me how much the Telco here sells names and numbers. I have a friend who is a dentist and he can get the names and addresses of all those people who have gotten service recently so as to attract people new to the area as clients. YECH! -brian -- Brian D. Cuthie uunet!umbc3!cbw1!brian Columbia, MD brian@umbc3.umbc.edu