[comp.dcom.telecom] caller ID service

@ll-vlsi.ARPA:black@ll-micro (Jerry Glomph Black) (03/14/89)

Patrick, a big yes vote with your side!  How the hell does a caller have the
right to anonymity! THEY SURE AS BLEEP know who you, the recipient, are!
The ACLU is better off defending Nazis in Peoria, or other All-American
wholesome activities.  If a caller wants to be untraceable, they can use the
time-honored technique of using a payphone (yes, even a dreaded COCOT!). This
has been a technique beloved of careful whistle-blowers, informants, bookies,
u-name-it.  I would allow anonymity to callers, but at a $2.00 charge, half to
the phone co., half to me!

Jerry G Black, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 244 Wood St. C-120, Lexington MA 02173
Phone (617) 981-4721     Fax (617) 862-9057  black@micro@VLSI.LL.MIT.EDU