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***************************************************************************** FINANCIAL & PERSONAL PRIVACY NEWSLETTER, Spring 1994 Issue, E-mail Version *****************************************************************************
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FPPN covers topics of interest to privacy-conscious individuals. We cover the legal, technological and personal aspects of confidentiality as well as government and private sector-sanctioned invasion.
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We would like to take this time to welcome you to the premier edition of our publication. The Financial & Personal Privacy Newsletter will bring you hard- to-find, valuable, and even bazaar information not found in the mainstream press. We bring you the world in a way that you probably have never seen it before.
Please remember that there is an open door for you to air your thoughts, suggestions and grievances (if any) in writing. Also, we welcome relevant, well-written and researched articles of at least 500 words. Though we can't pay for submissions, we will print up to 100 words about the author.
Enjoy!
-FPPN Staff
BOOK AND VIDEO REVIEWS
Confidential Information: Dangers of Disclosure by Bodo Schonebeck is a text that describes the use and detection of bugs and other monitoring devices used to obtain sensitive information. The price of the publication is $15 (plus $5 postage). To order, contact: Security-Investigation-Debugging-Agency, P.O. Box 4757, D-78512 Tuttlingen, Germany.
Asset Protection Strategies: Tax and Legal Aspects by Lewis D. Solomon and Lewis J. Saret is a 480-page concise text that details various techniques for
protecting assets and reducing the risk of lawsuits. The price of the book is $125. To order (or examine for 30 days), contact: Wiley Law Publications, 7222 Commerce Center Dr., Suite 240, Colorado Springs, CO 80919 USA; 800-879- 4539; Fax 719-548-4479. Please reference #4-6630.
Phone Pirates by Ian Angus and Gerry Blackwell is a 246-page guide to telecommunications fraud. The text describes how hackers penetrate phone systems and steal long-distance services. The price of the book is $55. To order, contact: Telemanagement Press, 8 Old Kingston Rd., Ajax, Ontario L1T 2Z7, Canada 416-686-5050, ext 225.
PT2 The Practice: Freedom and Privacy Tactics by Dr. W.G. Hill is a candid and straight-foward text that takes an inside look at international financial privacy planning and free-living. The price of the book is $100. To order, contact: Scope International Ltd., 62 Murray Rd., Waterlooville, Hants PO8 9JL, Great Britain; 44-0705-592255; Fax 44-0705-591975.
New ID: How to Create a Complete New Identity by L.O.T.I. Group is a 35-minute videotape that walks the viewer, step-by-step, through the process of identity change and ID aquisition. The cost of the VHS video is $24.95. To order, contact: Paladin Press, P.O. Box 1307, Boulder, CO 80306 USA; 303-443-7250; Fax 303-442-8741.
Our Vanishing Privacy by Robert E. Smith provides in-depth details (based on the author's experience and an attorney, government employee, and reporter & researcher) about information kept on U.S. citizens in government computers.
The price of the book is $12.95. To order, contact: Loompanics Unlimited, P.O. Box 1197, Port Townsend, WA 98368 USA.
People Tracking - You Can Find Anyone by Fay Faron & Lee Lapin is an 80- minute videotape that provides the viewer with details on finding missing persons of every walk of life. The price of the VHS video is $69.95. To order, contact: Intelligence Incorporated, 2228 S. El Camino, #349, San Mateo, California 94403; Fax 415-851-5403.
How to Achieve Personal and Financial Privacy, 5th Edition by Mark Nestmann is a 300+ page manual that details virtually every aspect of domestic privacy protection. The book costs $68. To order, contact: LPP, Ltd., P.O. Box 83538, Phoenix, AZ 85071; 800-528-0559; Fax: 602-943-2363.
SECURE COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES
by Dr. Herrell Roehm, Ph.D.
WARNING: The instructional format is used for clarity only. The author does not advocate breaking any law. The reader is solely resposible for any actions taken. No warrants, expressed or implied are made for any of the material contained herein. Copyright 1991 I.S.D.A. - All Rights Reserved.
RECOMMENDED READING FOR Privacy Seekers, Spies, Private Investigators, Attorneys, Skip Tracers, Security Consultants, Law Enforcement Personnel, Mercenaries, Collection Agents, Anarchists, Tax Resisters, Secret Organizations, and The Persecuted and Oppressed.
INTRODUCTION
HOW TO USE THIS ARTICLE EFFECTIVELY: Place yourself in the position of someone requiring maxium privacy AS IF YOUR LIFE DEPENDED ON IT. You'll gain
concrete insight and intuition that will help you avoid those seeking to locate you, whom we will call the "tracer". Seek to develop your own individual and unique sense of intuition. Intuition is informed by knowledge, and knowledge should be informed by intuition. This somewhat intangible quality can make the crucial difference between safety and exposure of worse.
HOW MOST MISSING PERSONS ARE FOUND: If the truth were known, skip tracing is
not an extremely difficult profession, and can be very lucrative. The P.I. (Private Investigator) is not the only kind of tracer. When we speak of tracer, we mean: P.I.s, Feds and Police, government and private spies and intelligence agencies, collection agencies, bounty hunters, or anyone who might want to locate you. To find almost all of your "regular" skips, just learn the readily available methods. There are more books about missing persons than any other area of investigation. It represents the "bread and butter" of many P.I. agencies. Any good tracer will be signed up with one or
more computer search services, and may locate many targets in just a few hours or days.
HOW MISSING PERSONS STAY "MISSING": Our privacy seeker is serious, and has made privacy a way of life. He is hard to find, and makes up perhaps ten percent or less of all missing persons cases. Some investigators label these
cases "difficult" or "impossible" to locate, often charging large fees anyway. Some skips are fleeing criminal prosecution, prison, or engage in illegal enterprises which demand absolute secrecy and security. A high-level of sercecy and security is required for other legitimate enterprises too: private investigation, personal bodyguard, critical and/or controversial research, labs, and inventors to mention a few. Unpopular or "deviant" lifestyles, beliefs, and practices lead some individuals to distance themselves from "society" as much as they can. Certain totalitarian trends in modern society cause some to want to avoid contact with government "Big Brother" as much as possible. Persons in failed witness "protection" programs where security has been breached may trun to the private sector after being compromised by feds or other cops. Additional non-criminal reasons may include: oppression from political, terrorist and dangerous groups, flight from abusive families or cults, or fleeing threats of violence perpetrated by
individuals. It is not our purpose to judge or evaluate, and other reasons exist. All have in common as distinct need for privacy. The techniques discussed are used to achieve a successful level of privacy and secrecy, but require DEDICATION AND THOROUGHNESS to be effective.
SECURE COMMUNICATIONS
MAIL: Get all your mail at a P.O. Box in a ficticious name. You will have to fill out U.S.P.S. Form 1093 with a physical address (required), but you can later "move". Sometimes the post office will ask for an update of your 1093.
This can be routine, but could indicate that someone is mail-tracing you. They may have already received your "dud" address, and have continued their inquiry by passing this information on the the P.O., who then ask you for the
updated 1093. The tracer can get a lot of free work done this way, but he also runs the risk of alerting the skip. The final word here is WATCH YOUR MAIL.
MAIL DROPS: A "mail drop" or private postal box is sometimes recommended, but "caveat emptor" is the watchword. These services are available in most areas, and are used by numerous individuals and businesses for legitimate reasons. You can provide additional cover by having your mail go through a series of drops, but don't forget there are directories of these addresses. Because of
Reverse Skip Tracing (discussed later), we don't recommend mail drops when seeking maximum security. Safest of all is to establish an address where you
(or a trusted friend or associate) can receive your mail. For the price of some mail drops, you might rent a small cheap room or apartment in the "seedy" area of town (if a particular type of address is not needed) where you can get your mail in a group of mailboxes for that building. You can pick up your mail at varying times, or have someone else do it for you. Make friends with
the superintendent of a building so that your mail is delivered with that of the residents (you don't live there, of course). A cover story can easily account for your need of this service. A "homeless" person might persuade a mission, church or other agency to receive his mail, but the amount of mail should be small as not to attract attention. These suggestions work best if you don't get a lot of mail, and are not involved in illegal or other compromising situations, which might lead to blackmail, exposure, or worse!
GENERAL DELIVERY: Sounds hokey, but it's a very good cover. The Main Post Office in a town or city is probably the best location as they are the busiest and least likely to remember or notice you. Try to appear properly nondescript when going for your mail, and don't establish a pattern.
CREATE A STREET ADDRESS FROM A P.O. BOX: A box is not suitable for all situations. You will need a street address. Every post office has a physical street address, so send your mail there. Example: You are Mr. A. Skipper, Box 911, Metropolis, TX 78444-0911. Find out the street address of the P.O., and
write your address like this: Mr. A. Skipper, 1411 Main Street, Number 911, Metropolis, TX 78444-0911. All boxholders now have an individual 9-digit zipcode; its use should insure you get mail so addressed. Some correspondents tell us that an occassional nosey postal employee will say this is not permissable, but generally you shouldn't have any trouble. If you insist the
employee show you chapter and verse in the administrative codes, you will probably prevail, but you may draw unwanted attention. In another instance of a branch post office in a shopping center, there was difficulty obtaining the
actual physical address as the employee claimed it was never used. Even after the address was obtained, some mail continued to be improperly returned to sender. You will have to weigh each case, but we recommend that you try another post office or branch if you run into snags at a particular location.
REVERSE SKIP TRACING: Some ads for mail drops are just a ploy to get your name and address, which is crossed referenced with lists of known missing persons. Even "legitimate" drops may sell their client lists, or allow tracers to go through the names. You can rest assured that every mail drop will cooperate with the police or feds if they come around asking about you (or your assumed name). Many books recommend use of mail drops, but we see too may possible hangups. Is it possible that some of these "expert" missing
persons authors are just making sure that maildrops have a steady clientel for reverse tracing?
ANSWERING ADVERTISEMENTS: Keep your eyes open, and examine closely what is recommended in some "inside information" or "underground" publications. Be careful in answering any potentially risky advertisement. An example is found in magazines catering to drug users and advocates, such as "High Times Magazine". Many ads are probable D.E.A. fronts, especially the ones for information or paraphernalia for growing pot (marajuana), mushrooms, ect.. An ad for information on privacy, false I.D., or illegal scams (by little or unknown companies), may be a front for reverse skip tracers - or someone else
tracing people like you! Don't avoid seeking new information, but be sure your postal privacy is well protected. If your return address is traced, be sure they come up empty-handed.
REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED MAIL and C.O.D.s: Once you have established your P.O. Box, the only mail coming to your real address should be "occupant" mail. If Registered or Certified mail does come (could be C.O.D. or Insured Parcel Post or ANY mail requiring a signature), say you are someone else, say the person moved and left no address, moved months or years ago, say anything, but NEVER sign for mail - no exceptions! The carrier is out of line to ask who YOU are, so this should work. Tracers use this as a cheap and effective way to locate skips.
PACKAGES AND DELIVERIES: Always pay with money orders. Your receipt is proof enough if required, and virtually impossible to trace. Keep the receipt blank; don't fill it in unless needed. Although Federal Express, UPS, and other couriers say they can't deliver to a P.O. Box, you can still use it. Say on the order, "notify by mail at my P.O. Box for delivery instructions".
This causes a little delay, but the parcel agent will simply send you a post card with an 800 phone number so you can call with delivery instructions. Have it sent to a safe address, or don't give them an address at all. Pick up the package at their office. NEVER have ANYTHING delivered to your real address! That way, if anything does come, you will be alerted, and refuse delivery as described.
TELEGRAMS: We think of them as old-fashioned, but telegrams are still around. It's not a bad ruse either, and should be treated same as above.
MAIL TRACING: This is a cheap and useful tool, and is often the opening gambit in efforts to locate you. Look out for any suspicious mail! All P.O.
Box information on U.S.P.S. Form 1093 can be accessed by others. Numerous cover letters are avaiable, but the best way is to state that the individual used the P.O. Box for business purposes, or that a court action is intended or in the process. The P.O. will release the records, including the physical street address you gave them. See any good book on researching public records for more details. If a tracer sends you a letter, and it doesn't come back, he may be enticed to advance another level, such as a personal visit and/or surveillance. To deflect First Class and all other mail, consider buying (through the mail of course) a small rubber stamp saying "Unknown - Return To
Sender", "Deceased", "Moved", "No Fowarding Order On File" or similar P.O. wording. Be sure to drop it in a mail box NOT served by your regular post office or branch. Beware of responding to offers asking you to call for confirmation because you have "won" a free cruise or whatever. A postcard, flyer or letter may offer a lucrative employment in your profession (or something else you need or want) with a number to call collect. It may be a ruse by a tracer. If family or friends' names are known, you may receive an "emergency call" notifying you of the "death" of a loved one. Don't respond-
no exceptions! Have a backup plan for emergency communications with friends or family if you absolutely must have it. So if a call comes, you KNOW it's a ruse, and do not respond. Advance planning is crucial.
MAIL COVERS: If feds or other cops are tracing you, they may establish a Mail
Cover for a 30 day period, with extensions. A mail cover does NOT require a warrant, so it's easy to use. It is initiated by the agency working directly
with the local post office. They record ALL the information on the OUTSIDE of the envelope, based on the premise that this is "public" information. They identify regular correspondents, contacts, abnks, credit cards, other mail transactions, suppliers, business associates, and more. Supposedly this does
not delay your mail, but who knows? It seems that it would delay it (given the efficiency of most P.O. workers) or that you might receive mail in large amounts when you usually do not. Monitor postmarks, and if you receive a lot
of mail, you should have a good idea how long it takes mail to reach you from
various parts of the country. ALWAYS WATCH MAIL AND DELIVERY PATTERNS.
SENDING "SENSITIVE" MAIL: If you use a mail drop, change it from time to time, and always run your mail through more than one drop. When quicker delivery is needed, consider private delivery services. Drop the package off
at a pick-up point - do NOT have them come to you. Vary your service between
different carriers, and do NOT use post office Express Mail, particularly if moving detectable contraband. It is routinely X-rayed and "sniffed". The bus can be sued as numerous parcels are shipped everyday. Common items shipped are tools, auto parts and equipment of all sorts, but many suitcases and cardboard boxes as well. Even if you just have an envelope, wrap it in a
large box and weigh it down so that it is similar to other boxes being handled. Use a typewriter for anything written, preferably a newer electric model that doesn't leave a distinctive mark or indicate anything about your key pressure. For short notes, ect., consider taking your paper to a large discount store where typewriters are set out for your demostration. If you're typing something that takes a minute of so, this is a good source. Libraries
often have typewriters available for use, so use a cover identity to get a library card. Better yet copy centers and business centers where typewriters, computers, printers, and copy machines are located together. No one will require I.D. to rent you a typewriter for a half hour, and no one will remember you among hunderds of users. For very sensitive correspondence, photocopy the letter after you type it, and send this copy as the "original".
Develop an unreadable scrawl as your signature. It's not always necessary to
put your return address, and it is not required. You must be sure that the mail is correctly addressed, and that nothing inside would compromise your location or identity if it were opened by the authorities (or a tracer - yes,
they may violate the law!).
AVOIDING MAIL TRACERS AT YOUR REAL ADDRESS: Remove the mail box. Remove any
signs from doors, windows, outside or walls, which may draw unwanted attention. Never put YOUR name(s) on anything, and remove any old nameplates. You can remove address numbers. If the postman has no mailbox or no proper address, he cannot deliver, and mail is returned "Undeliverable As Addressed".
MAILING LISTS, PERIODICALS, AND SUBSCRIPTIONS: Use the Direct Marketing Association, P.O. Box 9008, Farmingdale, NY 11735 to get off most lists. The
IRS uses sophisticated mailing lists to apprehend tax evaders, categorized by
high-salary professions, spending patterns, lifestyles, and purchases like vacations and luxury cars. Get off as many lists as you can. If you receive
"junk" mail (or other unwanted mail), mark it "addressee unknown - unable to foward", and drop it in a street mail box, preferably one not served by your local post office or substation. List users will delete your name to save future costs. Do this consistently; you'll be off more lists. When you move, do NOT send "Change of Address" notices to anyone. Start new subscriptions under your new name at your new P.O. Box. If you subscribe to "exotic" or unusual publications, you may be traced by this connection to your old life.
Large publications are probably OK, but if your interest is "The Vegetarian Party Times", or Gum Label Collectors Quarterly", which has only a few subscribers, you're taking a chance of exposure. NEVER SUBSCRIBE TO A NEWSPAPER OR ANY OTHER SERVICE USING A DELIVERY PERSON. Tracers know these individuals are aften talkative, nosey, and area a wealth of information about you and your habits. Buy it at a news rack, read it at the library, or have it sent to your P.O. Box. WRITE THE TRACER A LETTER, AND TELL HIM YOUR "LOCATION": An Air Mail letter from Guatemala City, Paga Pago, Cairo or Australia saying you're there, and never plan to return to the USA can end a lot of tracing activities, particularly those of collection agencies. You need a cooperative person in the other country to remail the letter. Business agents for banking and forming corporations, and offices for rent in places like Panama, the Isle of Man or other locations could be used. Check the classified section of The International Herald Tribune Newspaper, 212-755-8785 for leads. Some banks in Europe and other countries have good confidentiality laws, and, if you have an account, some may receive and foward your mail for you. Letters from diverse locations over a period of time might convince a tracer that you are roaming about the world, another expatriate American (there are lots of them) running from responsibilities back home. A word to the wise: watch out for mail drops abroad - tracers have lists and directories of these addresses.
TELEPHONE SECURITY: Depending on who's after you, there may be no security at
all! The feds (and others) can turn a phone into an area "bug" with proper equipment. If you must have a phone, be aware of the latest technology (an excellent soure is "Full Disclosure Magazine, which is published monthly by First Ammendment Press, P.O. Box 67, Lowell, Michigan 49331 USA). Be sure to
list it in a fictitious name or business name. I'm told that Ma Bell now wants you to be a corporation to do this. That's OK - be a corporation! If they ask for a corporation registration number, find out what one looks like in your state, and provide it. If you receive a message or letter asking you
to call someone collect, don't do it! This is an old tracing technique. If you don't give yourself away in the conversation, the tracer will simply call
the operator, ask for the time, charges and origin of the call and phone number. Since the tracer is paying for the charges, the operator will be happy to cooperate. Avoid cordless & cellular phones and radio communication. Police (and anyone else) can listen and legally record these conversations, which are exempt from wiretap laws. You're using the open airwaves, so your communications are literally open to anyone who wants to listen. Numerous scrambling devices are available. Some cordless phones have variable security codes, and you could combine this with a voice scrambler (one type of which is available from Shomer-Tec, P.O. Box 2039, Bellingham, WA 98227). This may be
enough, depending on who's tracing you, but what one computer scrambles, another computer can eventually unscramble. This also goes for any "codes" you might device or use. In the ever-changing world of communications technology and spy devices, "never say never" about anything, and always assume that someone is at least one step ahead of you in sophistication. STAY AWAY FROM ALL ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS IF YOU CAN. If you must communicate over these media, take every possible precaution. Best of all - don't have a
phone. It's easier than you think. A lot of phone use is habit anyway. If you must make calls, use safe locations like a friend's home or a secure pay phone, but don't establish a regular pattern anywhere.
FACE-TO-FACE COMMUNICATIONS: In past times, when your telephone wasn't secure you could usually set up a face-to-face meeting. The ready availability of numerous "bugs" has changed all of that, especially the ultra-small micro varieties. Depending on the level of security required, it can be very expensive to deploy counter devices and detectors. They may be useless, and give you a false sense of security. Let's consider a few of the possibilities. If your meeting place is known, bugs can be planted in advance. Your contact will probably be bugless, but the whole area would already be compromised. Simple parabolic ears and smaller listening devices can easily be employed if cover can be established. These are generally defeated by meeting in large open spaces, yet this presents its own additional risks. Technology advances rapidly in theis field. What was science fiction
yesterday is common equipment tomorrow. Never underestimate the technological capacity of the tracer. Who can you trust when it comes to bugs? Trust no one! Even a friend or "safe" contact (or their car or home) can be bugged without their knowledge. After the tracer has identified your contact, he will observe HIS patterns, just waiting for YOU to show up. This is particularly successful if you have a girlfriend, pusher, money source, or anyone/anywhere you just HAVE to visit. The tracer knows you're eventually coming, so it's just a matter of time. Your contact could be compromised by threats to his (or his family's) safety, or by blackmail. Very few people will remain totally loyal under such circumstances. You can hope your contact will at least warn you if this is happening, but don't count on it. Watch friends and contacts for any signs which might alert you. When someone who was helpful, jovial and friendly begins to act reserved, afraid, and uneasy, they may be under just this kind of pressure.
A FINAL WORD ON COMMUNICATIONS: Our purpose is to get you in the habit of thinking, observing, and COMMUNICATING from the position of someone who requires absolute maximum privacy and security. Its purpose is not to create
paranoia, but don't forget the old saying: "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you".
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Herrell Roehm is the founder and executive director of the International Security and Detective Alliance (I.S.D.A.), a worldwide society
and professional registry for private investigation and security services. He is also the editor of I.S.D.A.'s newsletter, The Eagle (subscriptions are $7.95 for 4 issues). For a sample copy, including information about the organization, send $2 to: I.S.D.A., P.O. Box 6303, Corpus Christi, TX 78466 U.S.A.. Dr. Roehm also conducts nationwide missing persons searches and other examinations in the southern U.S. and Mexico. He may be reached by telephone
at 512-888-6164.
NEWS IN THE WORLD OF PRIVACY PROTECTION AND INVASION
THE PRIVACY JOURNAL is a monthly newsletter that reports on legislation, legal trends, new technology, and public attitudes affecting the confidentiality of
information and the individual's right to privacy. The subscription cost is $109 annually ($135 overseas). For a sample copy, contact the Privacy Journal at P.O. Box, 28577, Providence, RI 02908 USA; 401-274-7861.
TRACELESS PHONE CALLS are possible through the use of a service provided by the International Telephone Company. Private Lines, a service founded by Beverly Hills Lawyer Will Dwyer II, allows users to make calls via their 900- number with absolutely no record. The service works for domestic and international calls. Simply dial 1-900-CALL-888, and select "1" for calls within the U.S., Canada or the Caribbean at $1.95/minute. Select "2" for all
other direct-dial worldwide locations at $3.95/minute. The calls will appear
on your long-distance bill as calls to 1-900-225-5888 "Secure-Tel". For more
information about the service, contact IPC at 800-823-0080; 408-738-3700; Fax
408-748-4343.
CAMOUFLAGE PASSPORTS are documents that look exactly like a legally issued passport, containing the bearers photo and vital stats, and is full of entry and exit stamps. These documents are bogus passports from countries that don't exist anymore (i.e. Ceylon, British Guyana, New Hebrides, Upper Volta or Pantagonia). The purpose of these documents are not travel, but to provide hijackers, terrorists, and other hostile elements with an alternative identity in order to save those with high-profile nationalities such as American, Canadian, British, ect. from harm. The cost of a "Camouflage Passport" is $550. For more information or to order, contact: Expat World, P.O. Box 1341,
Raffles City, Singapore.
OFFSHORE COMPANY FORMATION for the purpose of setting up legitimate businesses or empty shells is simple with the use of the the services of Overseas Comapny Registration Agents, Ltd.. They are part of an worlwide network of lawyers, accountants, secretaries and bankers who perform all work with extreme discretion. For a free 60-page brochure, contact: O.C.R.A., Companies House,
Ramsey, Isle of Man; 800-283-4444 (toll-free from the U.S.); 44-624-815544; Fax 44-624-815548.
THE 16TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF DATA PROTECTION will be held in The Hague, Netherlands in September. Government Commssioners will meet with the private
sector to discuss computers and privacy issues. For more information, contact: Peter Hustinx, Postbus 3011, 2280 GA Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
BUSINESS ESPIONAGE CONTROLS & COUNTERMEASURES ASSOCIATION (BECCA) is a non- profit organization dedicated to the protection of proprietary information and other business secrets. For more information about the group, contact: BECCA, P.O. Box 55582, Seattle, Washington 98155 USA; 206-364-4672.
EVERY ASPECT OF COMPUTER, PBX & VOICE MAIL, AND TECHNOLOGICAL PRIVACY is covered by the Infosecurity News, The magazine for the protection of information. For details and subscription rates, contact the publication at 498 Concord Street, Framingham, MA 01701 USA; Fax 508-872-1153.
HAVE YOUR NAME AND PHONE NUMBER REMOVED FROM TELEMARKETING LISTS by writing to Telephone Preference Service, DMA, P.O. Box 9014, Farmingdale, NY 11735 USA.
GET COPIES OF YOUR CREDIT REPORT by contacting TRW at 800-392-1122, Equifax at 800-685-1111, or Trans Union at 800-851-2674.
JIM ROSS' COMMUNICATOR NEWSLETTER covers various topics relating to electronic surveillance and privacy issues. For a free copy, call 800-US-DEBUG.
COMPUTING & COMMUNICATIONS LAW & PROTECTION REPORT is a brief guide to developing corporate policy on monitoring and disclosure of electronic mail (e-mail). For a free copy, contact: Assets Protection Publishing, P.O. Box 5323, Madison, WI 53705 USA; Fax 608-271-4520.
ALTERNATIVE INPHORMATION markets numerous publications on high-tech (and not so technical) methods of privacy invasion. Write for a copy of their catalog: Alternative Inphormation, P.O. Box 4, Carthage, Texas 75633 USA.
CORPORATE SECURITY DIGEST is a weekly publication reporting on governmental, commercial, and industrial security (and privacy) topics. Subscriptions are $295/year. To request a free copy, contact: Washington Crime News Service, 3918 Prosperity Avenue, Suite 318, Fairfax, Virginia 22031 USA; 703-573-1600.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA) PUBLICATIONS are available by annual subscription. For information, contact: Document Expediting Project (DOCEX),
OFFSHORE FINANCIAL AND PERSONAL PRIVACY PROGRAMS ALLOW YOU TO PROTECT YOUR CONFIDENTIALITY IN PERSONAL AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS. A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE
Exchange and Gifts Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540 USA; 202-707-9527.
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