Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!rochester!cornell!batcomputer!pyramid!hplabs!hplabsz!taylor From: taylor@hplabsz.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.society Subject: Re: Telephone Privacy Issues Message-ID: <1118@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM> Date: Fri, 27-Nov-87 21:40:08 EST Article-I.D.: hplabsz.1118 Posted: Fri Nov 27 21:40:08 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 30-Nov-87 07:15:48 EST Sender: taylor@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM Organization: Office of Computing Services, Georgia Tech Lines: 14 Approved: taylor@hplabs Perhaps, fighting fire with fire WILL get results in this instance. Suppose that you are annoyed by a computer generated phone sales. Take down the phone number (assuming that there is one in the ad spiel) or look up the number of the company doing the advertisement. Set your favorite modem interface to continuously dial any and all numbers to that company. If you have a voice chip (or something comparable) have it generate a little message to tie up their phone lines. Better yet, if you can find the number for the president of the company, have your system continuously dial his home phone. Actually, I have no idea of the legality of this retort. Nor, do I specifically recommend it. There is food for thought here, though. Joel Rives