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more on what does this say re calea? AT&T's 1.9-Trillion-Call Database
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 09:23:21 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Gabe Goldberg <gabe () gabegold com> Date: March 5, 2006 9:52:59 PM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] AT&T's 1.9-Trillion-Call DatabaseThe database may go back decades but it's hardly comprehensive going forward, lacking multiple other long-distance carriers, cellular (including anonymous prepaid) calling, VoIP calling, computer-to- computer connections like Google Talk, and cheap/anonymous calling cards. I use a Costco calling card that costs $0.029/minute and isn't the cheapest available. If I pay cash for it and don't recharge it, it's not directly linked to me. (Hm, well, unless they track it from my Costco membership number! But such cards are available for cash at non-membership stores.) If I don't ever use it from a phone linked to me, it remains anonymous.
All in all, calls are recorded in many disjoint databases. And people seeking to be anonymous, or simply using technology or services which by default anonymize, won't be tracked.
He was alluding to databases maintained at an AT&T data center inKansas, which now contain electronic records of 1.92 trillion telephonecalls, going back decades.
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