Payphones Past

NPR: There’s No Tech Like Low-Tech

NPR delivers a flailing, unfocused piece that nevertheless opens some interesting windows into the paranoia of Americans who for some reason assume that use of public networks comes with a right to anonymity.

‘”What I decided to do was go out and buy with cash a pre-paid phone card,” Hensley says. “Then through other means, [I’d] arrange to call them, where they’re receiving the call on a payphone.’
“Is a pre-paid phone card the solution?”

Read more at National Public Radio.

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