1996-07-13 - Re: Can’t block caller ID in Massachusetts?

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From: Rich Graves <rich@c2.org>
To: David Mazieres <dm@amsterdam.lcs.mit.edu>
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Message ID: <Pine.GUL.3.94.960712173806.8013B-100000@Networking.Stanford.EDU>
Reply To: <199607121555.LAA19993@extreme-discipline.lcs.mit.edu>
UTC Datetime: 1996-07-13 06:01:50 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 14:01:50 +0800

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From: Rich Graves <rich@c2.org>
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 14:01:50 +0800
To: David Mazieres <dm@amsterdam.lcs.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: Can't block caller ID in Massachusetts?
In-Reply-To: <199607121555.LAA19993@extreme-discipline.lcs.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <Pine.GUL.3.94.960712173806.8013B-100000@Networking.Stanford.EDU>
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On Fri, 12 Jul 1996, David Mazieres wrote:

> Wow.  Maybe I'm not paranoid enough, but I never expected this.  I can
> never again call an 800 number anonymously to get information about
> something unless I go out to a pay phone.  What an incredible
> inconvenience, and how truly depressing.

They're paying for the call. They've got a right to know. Otherwise, you
could cause a lot of damage with a robo-dialer. It would certainly be nice
if the phone company told you about this up-front, though.

If you need it, a free anonymous re-phoner is documented at:

 http://pages.ripco.com:8080/~glr/block.html

- -rich
 http://www.c2.org/~rich/

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