PIs Selling Phone Records Sued By The FTC

carl writes "According to an MSNBC article, the FTC has sued five different background investigation firms for selling confidential phone records." From the article: "In the lawsuits announced Wednesday, the FTC charged the companies used 'false pretenses, fraudulent statements, fraudulent or stolen documents or other misrepresentations, including posing as a customer of a telecommunications carrier' to get the phone records. The companies advertised on their Web sites that they could get the confidential phone records of any individual and make them available for a fee, the agency said."

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tch tch

[dotpavan]

NSA lost a good business opportunity ;)

Don't Steal.

[Tackhead]

From TFA:

"Trafficking in consumers' confidential telephone records is outrageous," FTC consumer protection chief Lydia Parnes said in a statement. "It robs consumers of their privacy and exposes them to everything from snoops to stalkers."

Don't steal. Your Government's surveillance programme hates competition.

Re:You can't really secure against social engineer

[spun]

Heh, social engineering is a technique that essentially all humans are vulnerable to.

That's why I never interact with humans. Or at least that's what I tell my mom when she says I shouldn't eat dinner in the basement.