From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 1996 03:28:12 +0800
To: pstira@escape.com
Subject: Re: Anonymous phone calls (was: What is the EFF doing exactly?)
Message-ID: <199609061607.JAA00624@mail.pacifier.com>
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At 10:08 AM 9/6/96 EST, jbugden@smtplink.alis.ca wrote:
>There is another spin possible on the reasons for replacement of pay phones with
>credit card phones. In Canada all new credit card phones are also able to take
>phone cards (which are anonymous).

Don't be too sure about the "anonymity" of these cards.  You don't have to 
give your name when you buy or use them, but assuming a large number of 
phone calls (to, from different locations) can be associated together after 
the fact, your name can probably be fairly easily obtained.
Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com