Guardian: Privacy fear over (new) plan to store email etc --- effects on society

[John R T Brazier]

True, but from a marketing point of view a disposable pre-paid phone will
only make sense if it's sold pre-connected. They'll want to sell them out of
vending machines at airports in the end. Also, note that the level of
mischief the Americans get up to with their guns seems to have done little
to modify their laws with regard to sale and distribution.

All the best,

John B

-----Original Message-----
From: ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk
[mailto:ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk]On Behalf Of Roland Perry
Sent: 22 August 2002 17:17
To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
Subject: Re: Guardian: Privacy fear over (new) plan to store email etc
--- effects on society


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<7A22BCE2D43E9D46B2D0FB6E2071C4520154A4@pc1-swin1-4-cust84.oxf.cable.ntl.
com>, David_Biggins@usermgmt.com writes
>Agreed, but as I understand it, they are to be sold over the counter.
>
>If cash is paid, there will be no identification, no?
>
>Nobody is going to be prepared to go through a huge ID rigmarole for a
>phone with only a few dollars of prepay credit.

They still need connecting to the network. The phone company may insist
on that "rigmarole" (perhaps dependent on how many people demonstrably
get up to mischief with the phones and cause grief to the phone
companies).
--
Roland Perry