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ENUM: An Emerging Privacy Threat

Electronic Numbering (ENUM) is a standard that enables contact information to be retrieved through the use of a single number. The technology can enable people to communicate via e-mail, fax, voicemail, phone, pager, and other devices through the use of a single number.

Phone number-to-e-mail service raises privacy concerns, Computerworld, October 5, 2001.
EPIC ENUM Page.