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Cell Phone CEOs Marked For Phone Cloning
Saint Aardvark writes "When Sarah Drummond got back from Israel, she found a cell phone bill
for more
than $12,000. She contacted her
cell phone provider to let them know that someone had stolen her
phone, but they weren't interested in helping her and told her she'd
have to pay. In preparing for small claims court, she and her partner
found out that not only does her company have the ability to spot
unusual activity on a cell phone account, the company executives' own phones have
been targeted by a group linked to Hezbollah. From the article: 'They were
using actually a pretty brilliant psychology. Nobody wants to cut off
[CEO] Ted Rogers' phone or any people that are directly under Ted
Rogers, so they took their scanners to our building, like our north
building, where our senior top, top, top executives are. They took
their scanners there and also to Yorkville, where there are a lot of
high rollers and like it would be a major PR blunder to shoot first
and ask questions later. . . . Nobody wants to shut off Ted. Even if
he is calling Iran, Syria, Lebanon, and Kuwait.'"
Well, I consider it unlikely, because Rogers Wireless is a Canadian company, and as far as I know they do not offer cell phone service in the USA. :-)
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Yeah you think? Since this is in Canada! And in case you didn't realize, your federal police force doesn't have any jurisdiction on our soil.
It would be rather difficult for the FBI to invoke the Patriot Act since Rogers is a Canadian company.
Some of what I say is fact, some is conjecture, the rest I'm just blowing out my ass...you guess.