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From: tell@oscar.cs.unc.edu (Stephen Tell)
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Subject: Re: Phone Credit Cards
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Date: 4 Feb 90 03:35:45 GMT
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The original poster (sorry, lost the reference) suggested that calling
cards not include the PIN for obvious security reasons.

My Southern Bell (new this past August) card has only my phone number
on the front, and a roughened rectangle on the back.  The instructions
with it suggest writing your PIN in pencil, and then erasing it after
you've memorized it.

It seems that security concerns have been addressed in a small but
growing number of the places that we comp.dcom.telecom/comp.risks/etc
types have been discussing over the years.

Disclaimer: I'm just a satisfied customer.  That isn't hard, I used to live
in GTE-land.


Steve