Re: modem taps/caller id
From kumr!toad.com!owner-cypherpunks
Practical Peripherals sells a modem that also captures Caller ID info and makes it available to your comm program. I've also seen devices that do this for sale in the back of BBS magazines.
The question is, how does a caller block this feature? ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 -- Martin Greifer - via FidoNet node 1:125/1 UUCP: ...!uunet!kumr!shelter!28!Martin.Greifer INTERNET: Martin.Greifer@f28.n125.z1.FIDONET.ORG
Practical Peripherals sells a modem that also captures Caller ID info and makes it available to your comm program. I've also seen devices that do this for sale in the back of BBS magazines.
The question is, how does a caller block this feature? ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --
You can press *67 (or *69? in some places) to keep the receiver from getting your phone number but your phone number is still sent - just not displayed - more info in current ish of 2600. -- -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.3a mQBNAizdNhgAAAECAKYlJfK4YQoaRYtiywdgR7OQmsS23oRFr3QYZf4mE1pQTvPg DGB7xVx2mfRjsqUdQsar4vdWyNZmXLMmHNdez9UABRG0K0FuZHkgSS4gTWF0aW5v ZyA8YWJvb3RjaEBzZnN1dmF4MS5zZnN1LmVkdT4= =KJFP -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Practical Peripherals sells a modem that also captures Caller ID info and makes it available to your comm program. I've also seen devices that do this for sale in the back of BBS magazines.
The question is, how does a caller block this feature?
Depends on the locality, but generally you have 2 options: temporarily disable it with a *code, or get all-call-blocking. In most areas, as far as I know all-call-blocking (so you don't have to enter the *code for every call) is a "special service" or "extra feature" and costs you more. This is of course utterly ludicrous, but that's what you'd expect from semi-monopolies. -- Stanton McCandlish mech@eff.org 1:109/1103 EFF Online Activist & SysOp O P E N P L A T F O R M C R Y P T O P O L I C Y O N L I N E R I G H T S N E T W O R K I N G V I R T U A L C U L T U R E I N F O : M E M B E R S H I P @ E F F . O R G
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Stanton McCandlish