...the hakooma's ability to identify Internet users connecting via "free number" dial-up and ISDN connections... the sysop sided with the official and said that every ISP in Egypt uses access servers with callerID. Furthermore, they are required by law to keep a complete log of every connection, to be presented on request to the authorities. I still wasn't convinced, until he sat me in front of a PC, telnetted into his access server, and got a list of currently active connections, including the phone numbers. I [got the] chills.