Comment what most people seem to be missing... (Score 1) 1197
It's scary that what people seem to be missing is that the MPAA knew that people were sending text messages saying "this movie stinks." I don't remember seeing any disclaimer when I got my phone saying anything about logging of text messages. (I didn't see anything saying they wouldn't either though...)
Let's suppose for a second that the cellular companies have to log all text messages to comply with CALEA. (quite possible) It's one thing for the govt. to require them to keep this data. It's something else for them to share that information with organizations other than law enforcement.
The fact is, the MPAA shouldn't have had a clue that anyone sent a text message via any phone period. The fact that they do shows that cellular companies are freely sharing this data with 3rd parties. I'm no lawyer, but I'd be willing to bet that's illegal.
-darkphyber-
Let's suppose for a second that the cellular companies have to log all text messages to comply with CALEA. (quite possible) It's one thing for the govt. to require them to keep this data. It's something else for them to share that information with organizations other than law enforcement.
The fact is, the MPAA shouldn't have had a clue that anyone sent a text message via any phone period. The fact that they do shows that cellular companies are freely sharing this data with 3rd parties. I'm no lawyer, but I'd be willing to bet that's illegal.
-darkphyber-
