[comp.dcom.telecom] Privacy in Long-Distance

pf@ti-csl.csc.ti.COM (Paul Fuqua) (12/11/87)

     Today I called ATT to clear up a problem with a third-number
long-distance call that didn't belong to me.  I live in Dallas;  the
call was from another Dallas number to Houston.  (Most of my
long-distance is to Chicago, and never third-number billed.)
     In the course of our conversation, the ATT person told me the name
of the owner of the Dallas number, and that the Houston number was the
one she most frequently called.  While I was pleased that she could
quickly clear up my problem, it bothers me that she would so casually
reveal information about another person.  Does it make anyone else
uncomfortable, or is it just me?

                              pf

Paul Fuqua
Texas Instruments Computer Science Center, Dallas, Texas
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