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From: johne@hp-vcd.HP.COM (John Eaton)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Phone privacy question.
Message-ID: <6750005@hp-vcd.HP.COM>
Date: 14 Jan 91 22:09:57 GMT
References: <9.security.eff@pro-angmar>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
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< if you wanted that database badly enough, you could just hire the
< data entry folks and enter character by character.
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Which is why the phone company drops in an occasional bogus name
to see who is copying.

If you are going to be sleazly then go all the way. Place an
Ad in the paper for high paying data entry jobs. Have the
respondents fill out an application and take a typing test
that consists of copying a section of the phone book into 
a computer. When finished send them away with a "don't call
us,we'll call you". Merge all the files and you have your
own phone book.


John Eaton
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