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From: taylor@hplabsz.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Telephone Privacy Issues
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Date: Fri, 27-Nov-87 21:40:08 EST
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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