> -----Original Message----- > From: Pars Mutaf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dear all, > > Quick reminder: the problem that I'm bringing to your > attention is: > > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-mutaf-piqproblem-00.txt
Pars, it seems to me that the reason cell phone numbers are hard to get is that cell phone users have long preferred it to remain that way. For that matter, with sales people completely abusing the regular land line phone system, I believe the majority of land line telephone subscribers would have preferred that other phone system to be equally made difficult to abuse. So I don't think that making it easier to distribute cell phone telephone numbers is something that technology is preventing. In your proposal, for example, the problem will happen when obnoxious, over the top sales critters (as they have proven themselves to be) figure out how to pretend they are alicecollins making the request for your phone number. Your will reply "yes," and then you're screwed. Or, alternatively, an alicecollins is making this request, but the one you really know is called alicejcollins. Now this unknown person has your cell number. In short, I don't think it is technology that is needed here. Bert -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
