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> 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