Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Sat, 8 Jun 91 13:01:46 -0700 From: Steve Forrette Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Reverse Directory Strikes Again Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 441, Message 6 of 8 Lines: 16 In watching the news the past week, I realized that two of my friends lived in the same apartment building as Sacramento's recently-arrested "Thrill Killer". They moved a couple of months ago (the killings were in February). In speaking with them, it turns out that they got a call from a reporter with the {San Francisco Chronicle}. They had no idea how they had been tracked down. I asked them if they had had their telephone service listed at their old address, and if there was a referral from that number to their current number. Yes on both counts was the answer. They were surprised when I told them that some people had directories ordered by address. They didn't have a phit about their privacy, though. :-) Steve Forrette, forrette@cory.berkeley.edu