1995-12-15 - Re: ADDRESS DATABASE?

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From: lull@acm.org (John Lull)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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From: lull@acm.org (John Lull)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 20:29:58 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: ADDRESS DATABASE?
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On Thu, 14 Dec 1995 14:50:19 -0800 (PST), Sandy Sandfort wrote:

> So far, no one has come up with anything stronger than specula-
> tion about my database question.  Some "anonymous" told me how
> easy it was to buy *phone numbers* on CD-ROMs.  Great, but I
> didn't give the guy my phone number.

These CD-ROMs can be searched for most any combination of name, street
name, city, state, zip and area code.

Given a relatively uncommon name and a zip code, it's not surprising
they could come up with only one hit.





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