Re: Anonymous phone calls (was: What is the EFF doing exactly?)

At 10:08 AM 9/6/96 EST, jbugden@smtplink.alis.ca wrote:

There is another spin possible on the reasons for replacement of pay phones with credit card phones. In Canada all new credit card phones are also able to take phone cards (which are anonymous).

Don't be too sure about the "anonymity" of these cards. You don't have to give your name when you buy or use them, but assuming a large number of phone calls (to, from different locations) can be associated together after the fact, your name can probably be fairly easily obtained. Jim Bell jimbell@pacifier.com