sfgate.com — AT&T has issued an updated privacy policy that takes effect Friday. The new policy says that AT&T -- not customers -- owns customers' confidential info and can use it "to protect its legitimate business interests, safeguard others, or respond to legal process."
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sevasJun 21, 2006
This is true. I live in Oklahoma and my Uncle uses SBC Yahoo services. Also, you may want to note that while the US government has to claw info out of google while you don't hear anything about yahoo. Maybe the government didn't ask, but why wouldn't they if it was for the protection of kids? :rolleyes: I'm not making accusations, but something I noticed. Please link me if I'm wrong or you have info.
Closed AccountJun 22, 2006
digg user rewrites rules: My money is no longer yours AT&T!
Closed AccountJun 22, 2006
In Soviet Amerika, jokes make you.
genghis1Jun 22, 2006
I'm really getting tired of all the at&t bashing on digg. Get a clue people. This is a bunch of BS. I'm a technician working for at&t and guess what - the company is full of honest people with families trying to make a living. You need to be bashing the Worldcomms, Enrons, MCIs and others who royally screw thousands of working people on a daily basis.
mcneelyJun 22, 2006
well, i am not sure how to feel on this. i do know that as the internet progresses privacy (real privacy) will be less. now days, there are tons of ways to get so called private info through the internet. the ways aren't legal but accessible. i am talking about hackers and the sorts breaking into secure environments and copying data. more and more of life is going online so more and more of our personal data will be available to the "evil" people of the world. the government can only do so much. from here on out it is people like us who need to take a stand and promote online security - which will always be a challenge. as for this government issue, i know many of you won't like this, but i do think it is for our interest that the government is listening to our lines. i feel this way; if you have something to hide then you won't want others to know, right? if you have nothing to hide then this government effort will be a blessing - in hopes they (the government) is really trying to protect us - the US citizens.
mcneelyJun 23, 2006
who has the largest database of telephone users in the US? do you think at&t approached the government and said, look, we want to give our data to you... ??? i have a feeling it was the other way around. you remember in the movie Armageddon, silly example but just follow me a bit... they were asked to step in because of a threat the world (terrorist are mad at the world now) had and a handful of guys were picked to do the work since they had experience in drilling rock and doing it well... well, at&t has a huge communication system and could potentially find more bad guys in the world... now, the bad guys could decide to switch carriers (lol) and make sure the bad guys they call switch too... that would be darn funny to some degree... but anyway, you get my point, at&t, i think, was asked to participate in the effort... and, they weighed the costs just as bruce willis and his team had to decide to participate in "saving the world"...we could go round and round with this but this is where i stand... for wolffactor, good old ben is not here in this time and this day... i think he would have a different comment for the current times... something like, we will take a stand and fight for what we believe in!