-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- We are informed that the primary method of social control in the future will be account access control. Bank account, credit account, phone account, internet account, all of these accounts are supposed (or proposed) to be restricted to True Persons (or other entities reliably linked to True Persons). The Powers That Be will then be able to track Bad Guys via their account activity and use denial of service as a punishment. Of course, these controls will only work if the accounts are not anonymous. Which leads us to the ads recently appearing in the New York Daily News. Electronics Communications Corp (800) NYNEX 31 offers a no credit check cellular phone. You call them up, supply name, address and phone number and they overnight you a phone C.O.D. for $243.56. This includes one hour of talk time. The ongoing cost is $24.99/month and $36.00/hour (60 cents a minute) for airtime (payable in advance). You own the phone and your service contract is renewed on a month-to-month basis as you pay the bill. I wonder if they will ship to accomodation addesses? If the authorities can't keep cellphone service out of the hands of the unidentified anonymous hordes, it's hard to believe that they will be able to keep any other kind account out of those hands. DCF "When phones are outlawed, only the outlaws will have phones." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMVxA4oVO4r4sgSPhAQEo2gQAo/1Is0hIMeQtRLii3rzl+s5+ZDPRbhSa m1Zjk/kuaNdhzLej0r671AsWov131KMCcRvEM9QlxuLJnYWDiwXpEnaY3/terI+B 4H+s7T5uxzjnKyGVthOqW+bDSt2yur61j9BJULUiQJKNO/PiSHAXaqqkA5HxgFpq 875rXZMEEbk= =/DJs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----