[Any reason to think AT&T would *not* be recording caller ID information from their prepaid-dialup users? Even in the absence of possible government pressure, it might be useful as an anti-fraud move. I don't know enough about the phone system to know whether AT&T would have access to ANI (which would give them your number even if you block caller ID). There's also the secondary issue of a prepaid ISP possibly recording URLs you visit and the identities of your email correspondents and preserving those logs in case the FBI or a subpoena-happy divorce lawyer comes visiting... Like other solutions for anonymity, there are many ways your identity can leak. See AT&T's site at: http://www.consumer.att.com/prepaidcard/prepaidinternet/ --Declan] --- Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2003 14:19:28 -0700 Subject: Re: FC: Steve Schear on Internet providers getting serious about privacy From: Bret Fausett <bafat_private> To: <declanat_private>, <politechat_private> Declan, Over the last six months I've started seeing pre-paid Internet access cards by AT&T in airports. It's like a long-distance card, and you can buy them in various denominations ($20, $50). I haven't tried it, so I can't vouch for the degree of anonymity, but if you pay cash I wonder how they would trace you. Bret ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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