06-19-2013, 02:59 PM
Technically, Windstream didn't even have to sell you out.
An unlisted number, just means that your number isn't published PUBLICLY. Meaning, that your number isn't sold to companies, it isn't available in the public domain. As the IRS is part of the US Government, they aren't part of the public domain. And since Caller ID has been a standard feature for most since the 1990's, it's not illogical to think that the USG has better Caller ID, that removes the blocking restrictions of an unpublished number.
It is a little creepy, when you first think about it, but what it comes down to, is that the system that they used to get your number was probably never devised with the idea of it being "invasive". It was probably designed, and implemented under the idea that it was meant to stop people from being stupid and blocking their number and calling a Govt agency with malicious intent (either terribly real, or farcical in nature) , and hiding behind the guise of a blocked / unpublished number.
Does that make it right? Probably not, but it is part of the system that we live within.
An unlisted number, just means that your number isn't published PUBLICLY. Meaning, that your number isn't sold to companies, it isn't available in the public domain. As the IRS is part of the US Government, they aren't part of the public domain. And since Caller ID has been a standard feature for most since the 1990's, it's not illogical to think that the USG has better Caller ID, that removes the blocking restrictions of an unpublished number.
It is a little creepy, when you first think about it, but what it comes down to, is that the system that they used to get your number was probably never devised with the idea of it being "invasive". It was probably designed, and implemented under the idea that it was meant to stop people from being stupid and blocking their number and calling a Govt agency with malicious intent (either terribly real, or farcical in nature) , and hiding behind the guise of a blocked / unpublished number.
Does that make it right? Probably not, but it is part of the system that we live within.
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