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The Other Phone Records Controversy

Wow -- 27B Stroke 6 is on fire this week.

Starting to see a pattern here?

Kevin Poulsen writes on 27B Stoke 6:

With Congress looking to crack down on independent data peddlers who pilfer phone records for money, and the FTC taking legal action against five alleged info-thieves, it would seem the poor data brokerage industry doesn't have many allies these days.

Thank goodness for the Department of Homeland Security.

Late last month DHS's assistant secretary for policy Stewart A. Baker -- one-time general counsel for the National Security Agency -- joined with bigwigs from the Justice Department, the FBI and the DEA to ask telecom regulators [.pdf] to reject a proposal that would limit how long phone companies keep your calling records, billing data and location tracking information.

posted by Fergie @ 5/17/2006 06:31:00 PM