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ENUM: An Emerging Privacy Challenge

ENUM, or Electronic Numbering, is a technology that enables a person to link personal information to a single number. ENUM can bring great convenience in communications, however, it raises significant privacy risks.

EPIC ENUM Page.
Single-Number Plan Raises Privacy Fears, Los Angeles Times, September 2, 2001.
One number � and no escape anywhere, The Times, September 3, 2001.
Your Rights Online: A Number For Everything, Slashdot, September 4, 2001.