[privacy] The Other Phone Records Controversy

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Wow -- 27B Stroke 6 is on fire this week.

Starting to see a pattern here?

Via 27B Stroke 6.

[snip]

With Congress looking to crack down on independent data peddlers who pilfer phone records for money, and the FTC taking 
legal action against five alleged info-thieves, it would seem the poor data brokerage industry doesn't have many allies 
these days.

Thank goodness for the Department of Homeland Security.

Late last month DHS's assistant secretary for policy Stewart A. Baker --one-time general counsel for the National 
Security Agency-- joined with bigwigs from the Justice Department, the FBI and the DEA to ask telecom regulators [.pdf] 
to reject a proposal that would limit how long phone companies keep your calling records, billing data and location 
tracking information.

[snip]

Speechless.

More here:
http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/index.blog?entry_id=1482580

- ferg

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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/

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