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Your Cell Records For Sale Online, Cheap
AviN456 writes "The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that your phone records are for sale online to the general public. From the article 'The Chicago Police Department is warning officers their cell phone records are available to anyone -- for a price. Dozens of online services are selling lists of cell phone calls, raising security concerns among law enforcement and privacy experts.' One of these sites is selling cell phone records for $110 for a month's worth of calls. No court order needed, no credentials required. If they want your records and have the money, they get 'em."
My civil rights are being taken away!!!! My .. my right to .. er .. PRIVACY! My .. um, (no?) my right to not .. have any personal information about me .. uh .. don't I have a civil right to keep my phone records private or something? Bush lied .. NSA .. spying .. erk! (spastic twitch)
It's not a lie. It's the truth with lossy compression.