Re: Verizon Call Intercept

["Timothy L. Salus" <tsalus () cboss com>]

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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