Re: Anonymous phone calls (was: What is the EFF doing exactly?)
At 01:03 PM 9/7/96 CST, roy@scytale.com wrote:
In Minneapolis, USWest has Telecard phones everywhere, and vending machines with bill accepters. The calls are also flat rate at $0.25. ... Can Telecards be audited for usage? If a TLA black-bags my $25 Telecard from my wallet, can they reconstruct what calls I made with it?
Easily. They get the card number off the card, and then check their long distance records for calls made with that card number. With some cards, you can recharge the card instead of getting new ones, if for some reason you want to increase the audit trail substantially. # Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart, +1-415-442-2215 stewarts@ix.netcom.com # <A HREF="http://idiom.com/~wcs"> # You can get PGP software outside the US at ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto
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At 01:03 PM 9/7/96 CST, roy@scytale.com wrote:
Can Telecards be audited for usage? If a TLA black-bags my $25 Telecard from my wallet, can they reconstruct what calls I made with it?
Easily. They get the card number off the card, and then check their long distance records for calls made with that card number.
I thought as much. Does the audit trail extend to local calls too? (I suspect it does) - -- Roy M. Silvernail [ ] roy@scytale.com PGP Public Key fingerprint = 31 86 EC B9 DB 76 A7 54 13 0B 6A 6B CC 09 18 B6 Key available from pubkey@scytale.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMjSZvxvikii9febJAQHdLQP8DA/xxhnKNZOUex5dp/P4kRgLbgS9HryO tuR5G4eCnjJsuANxuzuUFrjoRm8jknIOhdnrubcK1fxPwInJdMqWbJ8WDPyJcoCf 5jq4ePpahMa2VUbZRoFOwN86n25l0DHHK8lsWpDQ8y8pg/zqToEyLiUJTUi+RID6 HC5eltYmMJc= =uj3L -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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