PIs Selling Phone Records Sued By The FTC 79
carl writes "According to an MSNBC article, the FTC has sued five different background investigation firms for selling confidential phone records." From the article: "In the lawsuits announced Wednesday, the FTC charged the companies used 'false pretenses, fraudulent statements, fraudulent or stolen documents or other misrepresentations, including posing as a customer of a telecommunications carrier' to get the phone records. The companies advertised on their Web sites that they could get the confidential phone records of any individual and make them available for a fee, the agency said."
tch tch (Score:5, Funny)
Don't Steal. (Score:5, Funny)
Don't steal. Your Government's surveillance programme hates competition.
Re:You can't really secure against social engineer (Score:3, Funny)
That's why I never interact with humans. Or at least that's what I tell my mom when she says I shouldn't eat dinner in the basement.