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. > > > -- > Steve Sobol, CTO (Server Guru, Network Janitor and Head Geek) > JustThe.net LLC, Mentor On The Lake, OH 888.480.4NET http://JustThe.net > "In a 32-bit world, you're a 2-bit user/You've got your own newsgroup: > alt.total.loser" - "Weird Al" Yankovic, "It's All About the Pentiums"
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