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Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 12:54:26 -0800 From: Steve Schear <schear@lvdi.net> Subject: Re: Remailer Trivia / Re: Singapore & Freedom (fwd)

At 3:43 PM +0000 12/9/1997, jonathon wrote:

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On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Jim Choate wrote:

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analogous situation you would need to use a *listed* phone number registered to anonymous in such a way that ANI displayed the number but any directory search resulted in anonymous w/ no address or other tracing info even for the phone company. To the best of my knowledge no phone company anywhere

Third party, anonymous, telephone services are available. One in Las Vegas (at least it used to be) is Private Lines, which is an anonyous re-dialer using 900 number billing for payment.

Yeah, and the way it works is that some 3rd party buys a trunk from the local RBOC and then sets up their PBX and then re-sells the lines. Here's your test for them. Buy a line and have them list it in the RBOC directory under 'anonymous'. Not the same thing as going directly to the RBOC and having them list your number under 'anonymous'. THAT is the litmus test for true anonymous phone service *and* to make it equivalent to an anonymous remailer with address persistance. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | | | We built your fort. We will not have it used against us. | | | | John Wayne - Allegheny Uprising | | | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage@ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|