A concern about identity
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:03 am
Ooma quality is great, the cost is so reasonable as to be almost unbelievable.
I'm tempted to move my primary phone line over, but am concerned about issues of identity and phone number ownership.
What happens if someone steals my Ooma device, and the PC I run Ooma from? Do they become me?
It appears Ooma permits the user name, email, and address to be edited.
Currently AT&T knows my real address, and deals with me as a real person.
If I move my number to Ooma, there no longer seems to be any concern about my real name, real address, even real email. I become a virtual person owning my number.
How is theft of an Ooma device and or Ooma account handled? Can someone who has had their device or account stolen, reclaim their phone number? How would it work? With AT&T, CDV, even other VOIP solutions, it seems theft of an entire number is more difficult.
With Ooma, steal the device, or worse, steal the device and account password and your phone identity is gone forever.
I'm tempted to move my primary phone line over, but am concerned about issues of identity and phone number ownership.
What happens if someone steals my Ooma device, and the PC I run Ooma from? Do they become me?
It appears Ooma permits the user name, email, and address to be edited.
Currently AT&T knows my real address, and deals with me as a real person.
If I move my number to Ooma, there no longer seems to be any concern about my real name, real address, even real email. I become a virtual person owning my number.
How is theft of an Ooma device and or Ooma account handled? Can someone who has had their device or account stolen, reclaim their phone number? How would it work? With AT&T, CDV, even other VOIP solutions, it seems theft of an entire number is more difficult.
With Ooma, steal the device, or worse, steal the device and account password and your phone identity is gone forever.