[LINK] Fwd: MR30/2010: Re-register now to avoid telemarketing calls [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Roger Clarke]

At 17:23 +1100 11/3/10, Stilgherrian wrote:
>Are people really so precious that they cope with occasionally 
>glancing at their phone and not answering if they don't recognise 
>the number? Or so desperate for contact that they can't just turn 
>the phone off if they're doing something else?
...
>[ducks]

And well you should, Stil.

A lot of people accept calls from numbers that they don't recognise, 
assuming that they're from a community-member, and in good faith: 
'Someone on the P&C / kids' football committee said you offered to 
help this weekend' / 'we've found a cat with your phone-number on its 
collar' ...


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