Voip in Toronto

Dave Germiquet davegermiquet-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Wed May 20 01:57:38 UTC 2009


the funny thing is u can use follow me settings and forward it to your cellphone

On 5/19/09, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 5:38 PM, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>> The problem is that my landlord doesn't want us using cell phones for
>>> buzzing people into the building.  He already knows my cell phone
>>> number.  So, rather than giving him the *72 argument, I figured I'd
>>> just give him a cheapo voip number and forward it up anyway.  Worst
>>> case, the voip is down and people have to call my cell direct for me
>>> to walk down to open the door.
>>>
>>
>> Why doesn't he like cell phones?
>
> This provides a "security exploit" in that you can let people into the
> building without your actually being there.
>
> It doesn't seem like a terribly *big* security exploit to me, but that
> seems like something that one could find a way to abuse.
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