wired.com — A tough California bill that would have prohibited companies and individuals from using deceptive "pretexting" ruses to steal private information about consumers was killed after determined lobbying by the MPAA.
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Closed AccountDec 1, 2006
Why are you Digging him down? I have always hated corporate lobbying, they just lobby in their own interests regardless of the impact on citizens. It IS disgusting!
krakn3dfxDec 1, 2006
It's a shame how we're losing our rights as Americans on one end out of fear of terrorist attacks and one the other end due to corporate corruption in the highest level of state and federal government. These are the battles that need to be fought and decided on by Americans, not abortion or gay marriage, issues like these are what chip away at our freedoms and privacy. If we lose on common sense issues like these, we'll lose on all of them.
dclowd9901Dec 1, 2006
"No, this law would not have affected that. Pretexting only applies to lying about your identity in an attempt to obtain private information not normally available to you or to control something that doesn't belong to you."Right, and what kind of information do you think an investigative reporter is scrounging around for? Certainly not public information. You can get that easily. It's the private information that's damning.Just like every other tool out there: If it's used wrongly, people will pay for it.
arramolDec 1, 2006
Someone please explain to me why the MPAA should be allowed to pretend to be someone else in order to gain access to things like my Social Security number. How does that help the fight against piracy? It's time for someone to Big Stick the *AA's out of existence.
alchemeronDec 1, 2006
This is absolutely atrocious. My anger could twist steel.
maiku00Dec 1, 2006
lobbying makes the world go round