From: "Lynne L. Harrison" <lharrison@mhv.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 09:01:08 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: ADDRESS DATABASE?
Message-ID: <9512142357.AA29905@mhv.net>
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  The best way to circumvent something like the below occurring is to have
your home phone number listed under a pseudonym with no street address listed -
and block out *69 and caller-id.  If some entity wants your phone number,
give them your business number.

>>Something of privacy interest happened to me yesterday.  I phoned
>>a company to ask for a copy of their catalog.  The phone clerk
>>asked for my last name and zip code.  After receiving that info,
>>the clerk asked me, "Is this your full name and address?" and
>>then gave them both correctly.  I was taken aback.
>>Does anyone know how this trick was done?
>
>    What trick? For ~$150, you can buy a CD-ROM-set DB with every listed
>>phone number in the U.S. on it, faxes too;
>


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