Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Red Tape Chronicles: Your Phone Data For Sale

Bob Sullivan writes in The Red Tape Chronicles:

It's actually obscene what you can find out about people on the Internet.

Take cell phone records -- literally. Your cell phone bills are there for the taking, for about $100 a month. Dozens of Web sites offer this service –- one month, or one year. Every call, every phone number. However scary that sounds, it won’t really hit you until you see it for yourself -- so click here.

Who your friends are. How to contact them. Even where you were. All those crumbs are on sale. Right now. Online. To anyone.

It may be outrageous, but it's not new. MSNBC.com first wrote about this problem in October 2001, in a story titled "I know who you called last month."

More here.

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