Re: Verizon Call Intercept

From: Timothy L. Salus (tsalusat_private)
Date: Sun Jun 02 2002 - 09:50:22 PDT

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    And is you think about it it is not meant to be for securing calls but as a
    notification. If they go any further then asking who it is there would be a
    privacy issue . The owner of the phone must take some responsibility for who
    they choose to talk to.
    
    "Steven J. Sobol" wrote:
    
    > On Tue, 28 May 2002, Mike Smith wrote:
    >
    > > I tried this service and found it to have a lot of practical problems.
    > >
    > > 1) It just asks for a name, records whatever they say, then rings
    > > through to replay the recording to you.  That means (a) there's no
    > > guarantee you'll get the person's actual identity; (b) you're still
    > > disturbed by the phone ringing; and (c) you still have to pick up to
    > > find out who it is!  Kinda defeats the whole purpose of the service.
    >
    > No, it doesn't. They bank on the fact that 99% of the nuisance callers out
    > there won't want to work past it, and in my experience with SBC Privacy
    > Manager, that is, in fact, true.
    >
    >
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