No Surprise Here: Telco Employees Access Obama's Phone Records
from the but-of-course dept
We've pointed out plenty of times in the past, that any time there's a database of info out there, the data is almost certain to be abused. The latest example? Employees at Verizon Wireless improperly accessed Barack Obama's phone records to see who he was calling and who was calling him. The access was just for his regular phone used for voice communications -- not his Blackberry. Also, the employees had no access to his voicemail or anything -- just calling records. At least Verizon Wireless came out and admitted this, rather than covering it up, but it's yet another reminder, that data will be abused.And, of course, Obama isn't the only one facing such an issue. Reader lavi d writes in to point out that eighteen background checks were conducted in Ohio by gov't employees on Joe Wurzelbacher, better known as Joe the Plumber. Eight of those background checks were done for no legitimate reason, including one at the request of the director of Ohio's Department of Job and Family Services (who has now been suspended). We had mentioned three such cases earlier, but even more have since come to light.
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Filed Under: abuse, barack obama, databases, joe the plumber
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Apples and Oranges
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Yes there is.
Is it possible they both were for political gain ?
Either way, they are both abusive.
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Throw the Book at Em
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Watching
I quickly became common knowledge around the office when one person was fired because they looked up there brother in-laws financial information who happened to going into a divorce.
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no they can't
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Wha wha.
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"However, I would love if they tapped in to GB's phone. I imagine some great conversations that would make you want to laugh and cry."
Obvious signs of a SMUG ELITIST SNOB
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rolf
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Ideally everyone's information would be invioable. But if the information is accessed for entertainment or reasons of curiosity, I won't make a big stink about it. Human nature.
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Pretty cool though.
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Pretty cool though.
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