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From: johne@hp-vcd.HP.COM (John Eaton)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Multiple identities
Message-ID: <6750008@hp-vcd.HP.COM>
Date: 31 Jan 91 16:16:42 GMT
References: <1991Jan30.040343.8882@pa.dec.com>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
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< Mechanics:  How hard is it to set this up?  
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Its real easy to start giving out phoney names, you
want to use several or else the marketing networks
will simply profile your alias and target that. 
The key is to flood them with random noise.

Setting up a financial account with an alias is 
venturing into a dangerous area with perhaps
no reason. I doubt if they would even notice
that the check you sent has a different name
than the person they billed.  I know you can
get checks printed without your address and
phone number preprinted so one solution
would be to get a set that also left off
your name. They should work as well as the
starter check set you get when you open an
account.


John Eaton
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