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The Ultimate In Number Portability
Posted by Ernest Miller on Tuesday, September 04 @ 20:56:40 EDT Privacy
E-number (or ENUM, as its friends like to call it), is an effort to link telephone numbers to IP addresses. The LA Times raises the obvious privacy questions regarding ENUM (Single-Number Plan Raises Privacy Fears). The Times has a short notice about the issue as well (One number — and no escape anywhere).The IETF charter for Telephone Number Mapping (enum).

Slashdot's discussion (A Number For Everything).
ICANN Watch's discussion (LA Times Reports on ENUM Developments) or see their collection of stories on ENUM.
 
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· Single-Number Plan Raises Privacy Fears
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· One number — and no escape anywhere
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· Slashdot
· A Number For Everything
· ICANN Watch
· LA Times Reports on ENUM Developments
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