-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I got a call from my long distance carrier this morning that someone was attempting to get my long distance telephone records.

If you haven't passworded your account with your local and long distance carriers you should do so right now to prevent this kind of unlawful invasion of privacy.

Simply call up the service numbers for your carriers and ask that either your account be passworded and or that they confirm any access or change requests by telephoning a number you designate.

Do not use your mother's maiden name or any password that you use anywhere else since these usually appear as plaintext on the operator's console when needed.

Passwording makes it substantially harder for PI's to randomly obtain telephone records without penetrating the carrier either physically or by fraud.

Our adversary has admitted in court papers in the past their connection with investigators defrauding both my mother and my wife's bank for information, and I have had reports from my local carrier of successful penetration of my local phone records.

While you are at it, you can call your bank and ask that your account have a special password as well chosen as described above.

Finally, do not give out any private information if a stranger calls *you* regardless of who they claim to be. PI's can be pleasant-sounding middle-aged women with a busy business background sounds just like anyone else.

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