On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 9:57 AM, Bill Horne <b...@horne.net> wrote: [snip]
Phone maker settles charges it let partner collect customers' text > messages > > BLU phones sent a massive amount of data to firmware and data-mining > provider. > > https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/phone-maker- > settles-charges-it-let-partner-collect-customers-text-messages/ > > It's just appalling that companies can get caught red-handed violating the law to such an extreme but nonetheless remain in business. ADUPS Technology Co. LTD (the firmware provider and data-collector) should be out of business or at least some executives in jail. There should be an investigation into which BLU executives besides the President were complicit in the data mining. And Amazon should be flagged with a scarlet letter as an e-commerce site that should not be trusted for making public statements that completely contradict their actions to protect consumers. Lastly, viz. ""This is in line with every other smartphone device manufacturer in the world" "There is nothing out of the ordinary that is being collected" FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, State's Atty Generals, and organizations like "Consumer Reports" should join the FSF and EFF be issuing statements about the need for consumers to seek out completely free software alternatives that respect privacy because “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.” – Louis Brandeis Or how about *backing* the development of such alternatives with public funds instead of backing massive corporations and bureaucracies with those funds? Greg Rundlett https://eQuality-Tech.com <https://equality-tech.com/> https://freephile.org _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
