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         Might as well get free phone service if you're being tapped …
                                        
> “Here's one more tidbit on wire-taps: They get you free phone service! The
> feds tapped the phone of the Sisters of Mercy in Washington D.C. because of
> some anti-war stance or something they took in the 1980s. The good sisters
> noticed some kind of clicking on the phone at times, and finally decided
> that someone must have tapped into their phone. Their solution: Don't pay
> the bill so the phone company will have to shut off the phone. The phone
> never went dead, and they quit sending them bills! The Feds wouldn't let Ma
> Bell shut them down, and probably began paying the bills. The sisters
> talked long and free with their friends across the country!”
> 

“I, Cringley—The Falafel Connection [1]”

Well … that's one way of getting free phone service.

The article does present a different view of the recent NSA wire taps—that
they're less listening in on all the calls and more a “connect-the-dots” by
looking at who called who. Defintely an interesting read.

[1] http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20060126.html

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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