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- supdude, on 02/19/2009, -0/+1You sound crazy.
- multifaceted, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"for some reason, the need for the service to call the target number and impersonate being a cell provider employee."
That is why you don't if you info out to just anyone. - OOTay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0and thats why i use VOIP!
- natas06, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I remember there was a story about this last year. I looked into how it was done after that. If your interested in the details, and what you can do to try to prevent this, you can check out my blog posting at http://www.dailyphreak.com/?p=51
- empty01, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Are we sure it's pretext calling, admittedly that sounds likely but why would the Fed's and the reporter fall for it if they knew it was happening to them. I think there is a little more going on because they also mention in the story all that is required is a cel phone number and a credit card number. No mention of a name. Unless they forgot to include this tidbit and the pretext calling bit is accurate that would imply that the cel companies give out your social to people who have no right to it. Of course no lawsuit since social's are public domain still only illegal to give out financial info. Anyone want to apply for a credit card with Dick Cheney's social?
- fluxist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I got the original fbi alert through work a few weeks ago.
damn, I guess they'll be shutting down soon now.
Seriously tho, this service is real sketchy. It involves, for some reason, the need for the service to call the target number and impersonate being a cell provider employee. - Phoenixfury, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wouldn't these so called phone list services be commiting fraud if they are calling up phone companies pretending to be you? I'm surprised there was no mention of potential lawsuits coming from this.
- grayapple, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0They can have mine if they want, but I'm not sure if PAYG/Pre-Paid call logs are kept on a server
- ihate2regist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0only $110
- ekai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0woh, this is potentially the most serious story i've seen on digg. so how does pretexting work? is it simply social engineering? are cell phone companies really that gulliable? who'se filing the class action?
- albert71292, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0My cell phone records aren't for sale... I've never owned a cell phone.
- tmcpheeters, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0link to real site: locatecell.com
- sniper6121, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Just saw a news article about this the news caster bought the info for $100 and was talking to the lawyer that was for it and he was reading off places the lawyer called it was funny.
- a1lostnomad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is amazing. Makes my job (well its really a hobbie that I get paid for) as a digital investigator so much easier. God bless the USA's complete lack of privacy protection.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is hardly new. It has been known for years that cell phone records are given to foreign entities (as in, corporations in other countries) and they've done with the information what they've wished. Various forms of data mining, profiling, demographics compilation and so on.
- Penmaton, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Crazy stuff, I am thinking of wanting to try mine out and see how long it takes... If I get no info I dont pay so hmmm...
- dmoffitt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I never was a fan of Chuck Schumer even though I'm from NY but props for him following up on this.
@albert & ootay - why don't you sell your car too, that way you can avoid traffic accidents. Being a Luddite is not progressive buddy, sorry. The problem is not cell phones, it's the 3rd parties requesting the information and the cell companies being stupid enough (or scumbag enough) to give it out.
I ran an experiment with Time Warner Cable's Roadrunner service - created a test sub-account with an email address, never used it, never gave it out, in fact, I didn't even sign in and check it... for one month. 30 days later, I had 600+ new SPAM messages, but of course TWC denies selling their customer's email addresses. Of course, if an employee happened to snag a list and sell THAT, what's to stop it... - jpatch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0oh, so now that the NSA aren't the only ones tappin' at our phone lines (or at least our call lists) we ought be concerned?
remember that "patriot act" thing? all it ever did was put in letter and law exactly what had been going on for years before.
this is privatization of what's been done by the government for just as long, I can assume. - tussinator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0In 2005, Verizon Wireless put the smack down (eweek article: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1859545,00.asp) on a company called Source Resources (http://www.sourceresources.com) for engaging in this practice for private investigator Richard Childs.
- AngryGoldfish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0too scary... i don't really have private calls though, so whatever. still, i don't like the idea of paying for call lists. just CREEPY
- Pizpump, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'll sell everyone on digg the rights to my cellphone records...cheap! C'mon, who knows what juicy tidbits you'll digg up! Haha, get it...digg up?!
Ah well, nm then. - Gatesophile, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0What I find amazing is that I actually found somethin on the local news BEFORE I heard it on digg. O_o lol.
btw, I'm in Chicago, and since this is from the Sun Times, I guess that would have something to do with it.
BOT, that is REALLY pretty scary. - chosenone-, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Now THAT'S ***** up!
- Zonkzor, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0And people think I'm crazy when I try to be as private as possible. I don't have a cell phone, I use cash whenever possible, and don't give person details to people who don't need them. Once your info is out there you can't get it back.
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