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From: bcsaic!carroll@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Jeff Carroll)
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Subject: Re: Leaving Brief Messages With Free Collect Calls
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In article <11658@accuvax.nwu.edu> wagner@utoday.com (Mitch Wagner)
writes:

>(For the record, I should state that I have a Panasonic Easa-Phone.
>Another thing I don't like about it is that it has a two-digit
>security code. Now, how hard would it be for some phone phreak to
>break into my phone machine and start listening to messages with a
>two-digit security code, fa' Pete's sake? Not hard at all.

	Awww. *My* answering machine only has a *one* digit security
code. Of course if some phreak were to do something like this,
wouldn't you be immediately aware of it?

>(Of course, the real challenge, once said phone phreak has broken into
>my phone machine and heard my messages, would be to remain awake.... )

	That's what Gary Hart said too, isn't it ? :^)


Jeff Carroll
carroll@atc.boeing.com