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From: achilles@pro-angmar.UUCP (David Holland)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: The end of privacy... and so what comes next?
Message-ID: <906.security.eff@pro-angmar>
Date: 26 Apr 91 06:36:54 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM

  > Argh. Silly me. My sister goes to the University of Connecticut
  > and they have a PIN system (4 digit) for phone calls. This is so
  > you can call from a friend's room. It is sponsored by AT&T. I am
  > kicking myself that I didn't realize how stupid this is. (I think
  > they have about 10K students, so probably about 3-4K phone accounts.)
 
  Harvard has one of these things also; one wonders what the chances are
that a random number will work. A much bigger problem would be contesting
the bill that some wise guy runs up for you calling Alaska. You'd have to
prove you weren't in a position to be able to make any, or at least some,
of the phone calls - which is likely to be difficult or impossible... and 
the chances of catching the malefactor are just about zero. :( 
 
This belongs in RISKS, doesn't it...