Re: ANI Blocking! Fast, Easy, Effective! (fwd)

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 4 JUL 1996 14:48:28 GMT From: Glen L. Roberts <glr@ripco.com> Newgroups: alt.2600, alt.privacy, alt.private.investigator, alt.dcom.telecom, comp.dcom.telecom.tech, alt.security, misc.consumers Subject: ANI Blocking! Fast, Easy, Effective!
We are in the beta teating phase of a new service to block ANI. You'll be able to call any toll-free number and prevent them from getting your phone number. We do not charge for this service (you do have to call a long distance number).
Complete details are on our web page. As we are beta testing, we can't say for such what problems might crop up, but let us know.
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I thought this might be of interest due of the recent discussions about ANI and privacy. I've seen this type of service before, but this one is apparently free (besides the cost of calling their area code if you aren't local). ________________________________ [ Bruce M. - Feist Systems, Inc. ] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "Official estimates show that more than 120 countries have or are developing [information warfare] capabilities." -GAO/AIMD-96-84

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Fri, 12 Jul 1996, Bruce M. wrote:
I thought this might be of interest due of the recent discussions about ANI and privacy. I've seen this type of service before, but this one is apparently free (besides the cost of calling their area code if you aren't local).
It might be cheaper to use a pre-paid phone card. However, the company that issues the card has access to your ANI information. - -- Mark =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= markm@voicenet.com | finger -l for PGP key 0xe3bf2169 http://www.voicenet.com/~markm/ | d61734f2800486ae6f79bfeb70f95348 "Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows." --George Orwell, _1984_ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3 Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBMefngrZc+sv5siulAQGKPgQAppm3fXzKLzgxlJMzSp+gzS568RKC4CS2 5yBfy0R8homXYdOsH/xGMFYqFgtzCb339DagJnh9n4yNU1NFPcALQJfE9bXk0yMv mqxBR8kzFwp1qFqTnamhsnP+ICvGPMTL68upPDq7hlze7OQ1ny5g8mz0zYEqFvVf KtvixB+0FK0= =7OUD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

On Sat, 13 Jul 1996, Mark M. wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jul 1996, Bruce M. wrote:
I thought this might be of interest due of the recent discussions about ANI and privacy. I've seen this type of service before, but this one is apparently free (besides the cost of calling their area code if you aren't local).
It might be cheaper to use a pre-paid phone card. However, the company that issues the card has access to your ANI information.
Why not increase your level of precaution and use your pre-paid phone card to dial the number that ripco advertised and then dial out from there? ________________________________ [ Bruce M. - Feist Systems, Inc. ] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "Official estimates show that more than 120 countries have or are developing [information warfare] capabilities." -GAO/AIMD-96-84

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, On Sat, 13 Jul 1996, Bruce M. wrote:
Why not increase your level of precaution and use your pre-paid phone card to dial the number that ripco advertised and then dial out from there?
Or by chaining two or more pre-paid calling cards. It's all economics. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, On Sat, 13 Jul 1996, Mark M. wrote:
It might be cheaper to use a pre-paid phone card. However, the company that issues the card has access to your ANI information.
True, but so what? If you are calling L.L.Beam's 800 number, and you don't want them to know who you are, do you really think Beam will be able to get that info from the pre-paid calling card company? If you want to call a snitch line, on the other hand, use a pay phone. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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