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From: ekrell@ulysses.att.com
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Subject: Re: AT&T Universal Card is Not Two Cards in One
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Date: 26 Sep 90 23:40:31 GMT
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>Another thought came to mind about the 'AT&T Universal Card': Just
>think, if you use the 'card' to charge purchases, your 'phone number
>with four-digit code', along with the 'ATT Credit card number' goes on
>the same slip (since its one huge carbon) ...

What do you mean by this?. The number on the Universal Card is not
your phone number and is missing the four-digit PIN. They would still
have to guess your PIN. How different is this from the current system
that uses your home phone number (which I can get from the phone book
or directory service)?

    
Eduardo Krell                   AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ

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