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From: ruck@reef.cis.ufl.edu (John Ruckstuhl)
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Subject: Re: Let Your Modem do the Walking
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In article <15489@accuvax.nwu.edu> malcolm@apple.com writes:

> The directory, called Phonefile, offers the 725,000 Compuserve
> subscribers unprecedented access to information about others,
> including powers that surpass those of directory assistance operators,
> such as the ability to search by last name and state, by ZIP code and
> by phone number."

> [Moderator's Note:
> some other public records. You can search three ways through the data
> base when using Compuserve: Put in a phone number and get the name and
> address it is associated with; put in an address and get the phone
> number(s) and names; or put in a name and address to get the phone
> number listed.  So finally, a single national electronic cross

Wouldn't it be easy for them to define another key?  Some
(geneologists?  detectives?  credit bureaus?) would want to search by
name or lastname only.

I am unfamiliar with CompuServe -- could you submit a request, direct
output to a personal file, logoff while request is processed, then
download output during another session?

Best wishes for the holiday season,


John R Ruckstuhl, Jr
University of Florida		ruck@cis.ufl.edu, uflorida!ruck


[Moderator's Note: And my best wishes to you and other readers also.
I received a couple other lengthy replies in this thread today and
because they are primarily privacy issues rather than telecom issues I
passed them along direct to the Telecom Privacy mailing list. I have
not plugged that list in a while, so here goes: For a continuing
discussion on Caller*ID and other matters concerning privacy and the
use of the telephone, subscribe to our companion journal which was
established just for the purpose of handling the overflow of messages
on these controversial topics. To subscribe, write to the moderator at
'telecom-priv-request@pica.army.mil'. And for discussions pertaining
to the social and legal aspects of computer piracy, hacking and
phreaking, subscribe to our other related mailing list, 'Computer
Underground Digest' by writing the moderartors: 'tk0jut1@miu.bitnet'.
CuD, as it is known for short, is also available as an altnet news
group if you prefer.  PAT]