1994-02-17 - Pen recorders and phone records
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From: Hal <hfinney@shell.portal.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1994-02-17 05:40:28 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 16 Feb 94 21:40:28 PST
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From: Hal <hfinney@shell.portal.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 94 21:40:28 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Pen recorders and phone records
Message-ID: <199402170540.VAA03562@jobe.shell.portal.com>
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I have read that if the police want to know who a person communicates
with on the telephone, they can arrange to have a "pen recorder" put on
their phone line. This will record all phone numbers called from that line.
Supposedly the legal barriers to this type of surveillance are much less
than for a phone tap.
I am confused about the necessity for this if the phone companies routinely
record this information anyway. Is this just an archaic and obsolete
terminology, and what really happens is that the phone company will give
already-existing phone records to authorized officials?
Thanks -
Hal
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- 1994-02-17 (Wed, 16 Feb 94 21:40:28 PST) - Pen recorders and phone records - Hal <hfinney@shell.portal.com>
- 1994-02-17 (Thu, 17 Feb 94 06:45:23 PST) - Re: Pen recorders and phone records - Jonathan Scott Mallin <jmallin@umich.edu>
- 1994-02-17 (Thu, 17 Feb 94 15:30:52 PST) - Pen recorders and phone records - Eric Blossom <eb@mwmax.sr.hp.com>
- 1994-02-18 (Thu, 17 Feb 94 16:25:29 PST) - Re: Pen recorders and phone records - Jonathan Scott Mallin <jmallin@umich.edu>