Comments on: PE Obama’s Phone Records Breached By Verizon Employees

By: Cheryl S

Cheryl S — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:57:20 +0000

I work for the competitor and it is mandatory that we ask for the customer’s drivers license before accessing their account when they come in to the store. Without it we will not access the account and many customers become upset. Good example why we have such high security on accounts.

By: tom dawson

tom dawson — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:50:38 +0000

no one has said anything more re. the DHHS person in Ohio that looked up and released joe the plumer’s records that has just been hushed up

By: links for 2008-11-22 | stuart henshall

links for 2008-11-22 | stuart henshall — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:02:19 +0000

[...] PE Obama’s Phone Records Breached By Verizon Employees – GigaOM The phone company should be concerned but this applies to your bank etc too. The system is breaking down! (tags: privacy) [...]

By: November 21, 2008 | next media update

November 21, 2008 | next media update — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:34:44 +0000

[...] PE Obama’s Phone Records Breached By Verizon Employees GIGAOM Verizon Wireless today admitted that some of its employees had been looking into President-elect Barack Obama’s cell phone billing records. This is a good enough reason for all of us to question the privacy policies of our phone companies, which have time and again shown that they are ready to play lose-and-easy with their customer’s privacy. Of course, they are known to use underhanded tactics to position themselves as the good guys, though they are anything but. Source> [...]

By: Roundup: A tragedy on Justin.tv, Obama’s cell records improperly accessed and more » VentureBeat

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:22:30 +0000

[...] Obama’s personal cellphone records hacked — The President-elect’s cell phone account with Verizon Wireless was improperly accessed by some employees. It was simply a regular phone and not a smart phone, so no emails were seen, likely just a list of incoming and outgoing numbers. Verizon has issued an apology and put all the employees involved on immediate leave. GigaOM has more. [...]

By: President-elect Obama’s Cell Phone Records Snooped By Verizon Employees : tinyComb

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:55:26 +0000

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By: John Treadway

John Treadway — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:18:30 +0000

Punish them like the FCC’s indecency rules — pick a number, say $100,000 for each unauthorized access. 20 people, $2m fine – 50% payable to the person who’s privacy was breached.

By: Caped Shitheader

Caped Shitheader — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:26:48 +0000

Wow, this is a great place to come and visit. It's fantastic to read what ignorant people have to say. There's an endless stream of idiocy here.

Curious/yellow's comment, "What other shady/slimy/socialist relationships did they find," was particularly inspiring. And Curtis, referencing Alan Greenspan. Great job! Quote a guy who forgot to put the "people suck" variable in his economic calculation.

This is a prime example of people not paying attention. You people make me sad.

By: Herman Manfred

Herman Manfred — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:45:21 +0000

One should question ANY “Privacy Policy” since so many are literally just so many empty words.

Express Scripts, a major pharmacy/prescription drug firm used by millions, might have something to say about lack of security of personal – very personal – records:

http://www.esisupports.com/

By: jsprat

jsprat — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:43:56 +0000

I really don't understand why you think Verizon should be punished. Sounds like they're taking disciplinary actions against the employees, and Obama could press charges against the employees if he wanted to.

Issues like this make me laugh - if you're afraid someone might find out who you're talking to, don't use a mechanism that leaves records! Ah, the benefits of the post office.

Personally, I'm more concerned about the people employed by health insurance companies - they could be overseas yet have full access to my health records.

By: Ted

Ted — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:32:07 +0000

You gotta hear this 90 minute blogradio on why the media has a blackout of the looming Obama Birth Certificate Constitutional Crisis:

politicalpistachio.blogspot.com/2008/11/why-is-obamas-birth-certificate-still.html

By: .

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:28:15 +0000

What business need is that? “Employees with legitimate business needs”

By: Paul Kapustka

Paul Kapustka — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:20:46 +0000

This should be a fun one to watch unfold… but I guess Verizon won’t be talking too much about Google and its privacy issues anymore, eh?

By: RE

RE — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:15:46 +0000

This sort of thing happens frequently on a massive scale. Companies often allow employees access to more data than they should, and often lack the simple ability to audit trail and see who accessed what. I wrote more about this toping on my Privacy 2.0 blog

By: Dick Cheney

Dick Cheney — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:37:35 +0000

@ Curtis:

You are an idiot answering another idiot! Both of you should take your ridiculous political banter so where else. You are both morons lying about the facts! Go away! Both of you!

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:34:36 +0000

Somebody is SO going to get an IRS audit over this...

I don't know if this would be "punishment," per se, but I say Obama should just make the FCC hold Verizon's feet to the fire on the issues of net neutrality, faster network upgrades, rural access and open access rules for 700 MHz wireless. The irony, of course, is that these things would probably be GOOD for Verizon, but it would never act on them without arm twisting.