Comment by sdoowpilihp
12 years ago
This is essentially the same system, but with a middle man. It may obfuscate some of the players involved, but it doesn't solve the issue that you are still disclosing information due to the pre-agreed context of the conversation.
I wonder about the situation where you didn't pre-arrange it. You just start cold-calling companies and asking them on a regular basis. Assuming you found a company that started out giving you a straight answer, then later moved to "no comment" due to receiving such a thing, which one of you would be liable?