You can get records of most kinds from various private investigators
and data brokers for a fee. I first found out about this in the
mid-90s, but I'm sure they existed before that.
Where the data collection is illegal, the reputable firms assure you
that they are not doing anything illegal, which
| 18 USC 2702(c) says
|
| A provider described in subsection (a) may divulge a record or
| other information pertaining to a subscriber to or customer of
| such service (not including the contents of communications
| covered by subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2)) ...
|
| (6
I got curious about this issue, and did a little digging into what's
going on here. It turns out that the FCC is looking into this problem at
EPIC's request.
EPIC filed a petition for rulemaking on this subject with the FCC -
which went out for public comment at the end of the year. The petition
i
On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 09:34, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-privacy05.html
>
> Quite disturbing.
More disturbing than even the people at Chicago Sun Times realize
apparently. ;) Hope no-one was sniffing their email.
'It was as simple as e-mailing the tele
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Perry E. Metzger" writes:
>
>The Chicago Sun Times reports that, for the right price, you can buy
>just about anyone's cell phone records:
>
>http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-privacy05.html
>
>Quite disturbing.
Yes, but it's also bad reporting -- the new
