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From: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Barry Gold)
Newsgroups: net.followup,net.flame
Subject: Re: Fraudulent use of AT&T Calling Cards
Message-ID: <1107@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 26-May-84 12:31:24 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 26 12:31:24 1984
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Reply-To: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Barry Gold)
Organization: System Development Corporation, Santa Monica
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First off, to say that ATT doesn't require anybody to pay for fraudulent
charges but "eats the loss" itself means that ATT requires EVERYBODY to
share the bill for fraudulent charges.

I'll start off by confessing that I've never had a phone credit card
(and probably won't ever get one).  Now I've got a question.
Would it be possible to have some kind of ID handshaking involved when using
a phone credit card?  As I understand it, the current procedure is to simply
punch in a number or dictate it to the operator handling the call.  Why not
add another, confirmation sequence?  (For instance one might punch in the
numbers/letters for one's mother's maiden name or some such.)  Or is this
also technically too difficult?

--Lee Gold
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	Barry Gold/Lee Gold
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