Ward Dossche wrote to Robert Bashe on Thursday May 27 2004 at 08:39:

RB>> The only possible justification I've seen was that of Janis, who was
RB>> worried that private telephone numbers and email addresses could
RB>> become public and presumably lead to a flood of calls and messages.

WD> My email-address is in clear sight in the nodelist...

WD> My phone-number is freely available in the phone-book...

WD> Writing that information publicly in a conference is another matter of
WD> course. Those dedicated to find the data _will_ find the information.
WD> And let me tell you, over the years I've received many phone-calls
WD> from Germany re: Fido.

I believe you, but I also know there have been cases of abuse, and I think
Janis has a point when she mentions this. However, the consequence I would
envision would simply be not to mention such information in ZCC. All of you
presumably have each others' email addresses and phone numbers, and the
read-only public does not need them to send any one of you a netmail (after
all, this is fido) asking for such information if appropriate. Which you
may or may not answer, as you see fit. Nothing says you _must_ sacrifice
your right to privacy or your control over private information merely
because you're a *C.

On the other hand, that's no justification for keeping the entire echo
under wraps either.

Cheers, Bob

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