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HP Spying Incident Included Journalists

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the none-spared dept.

rufey writes "It is now being reported that the HP boardroom spying incident that occurred earlier this year also involved obtaining phone records of journalists from at least two news outlets. Journalists from CNET and the Wall Street Journal had their phone records obtained through a method called 'pretexting' to see who, if any, of the HP board members the journalists may have been in contact with."

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  1. Re:Time to call the AG by IvyKing · · Score: 0, Troll

    Question is: Will you feel worse if HP didn't make an attempt to get at your phone/email records?

  2. You don't get it by elucido · · Score: 0, Troll

    The corporate overlords and the government are the same, they are people. It's simply, spying is legal as long as you don't get caught. It's always been happening, and with technology it's just easier, but just assume that you are being spied on by everyone and always have been.

  3. Spying is legal under the patriot act. by elucido · · Score: 0, Troll

    Tell me why anyone would be prosecuted for spying when the patriot act eliminates privacy? This means that spying is now officially legal.

    Corporate spying has been going on forever anyway, now with the patriot act in place, it can happen legally. There is no way to prosecute this because the patriot act makes it legal. If you prosecute it will only strengthen the power of the patriot act.

    I'm not a lawyer, but as I see it, what stops them from using the patriot act in their defense?