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Reporter's Story — How HP Kept Tabs On Me
Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "An outside lawyer working for H-P, John Schultz, yesterday told Wall Street Journal reporter Pui-Wing Tam how H-P's investigators collected information on her for a year, scoping out her trash and compiling a dossier on her phone calls. From Tam's article about her time spent, unwittingly, under surveillance: 'H-P's agents had my photo and reviewed videotaped footage of me, said Mr. Schultz, of the law firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. They conducted "surveillance" by looking for me at certain events to see if I would show up to meet an H-P director. (I didn't.) They also carried out "pre-trash inspections" at my suburban home early this year, Mr. Schultz said. ... But what was surprising were the questions Mr. Schultz left unanswered: How did H-P's agents get my phone numbers in the first place? When did they review videotaped footage of me? Did their gumshoes park their cars outside my house at night? And what the heck is pre-trash inspection?'"
An outside lawyer working for H-P, John Schultz, yesterday told Wall Street Journal reporter Pui-Wing Tam how H-P's investigators collected information on her for a year, scoping out her trash and compiling a dossier on her phone calls.
shhhhh! you're giving AT&T and the NSA ideas!
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
only if the hp thugs leave things like burnt teddie bears or roses dripping blood on her doorstep, hide in the bushes and masturbate, call her and hang up all the time, steal her unwashed underwear and wear them on their faces, and write her long, rambling emotional emails that don't make much sense
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
Oh, that's called stalking? I thought it was just how you let someone know you liked them. Guess /. was a bad place to learn my dating skills.
Oh wait...
If the power of corporations continues to grow unchecked, we could come upon a time when some corporations monitor their employees 24 hours a day, in there homes, at play, wherever, and to do anything outside of the company rules would mean termination. It would be in the company's best interest to do so.
If my power continues to grow unchecked, I could be KING OF THE ENTIRE WORLD.
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
Guess /. was a bad place to learn my dating skills.
You know, there really needs to be some sympathy here. It can get lonely in the bushes.
What makes you think that the HP thugs didn't do all those things?
I'd be careful walking around those bushes. Never know what you might step in.
Shhh! Please don't spread this around
Just remember:
/Not speaking from personal experience.
Nothing says "I love you" like a restraining order.
clearly, you need to start leaving an EULA on your trash: "By reading this, you agree to an exclusive binding legal contract with [name] as to the nature of all dealing with this trash. This trash is not discarded property. This trash remains the property of [name] until such time as those individuals designated for its collection for immediate disposal remove it. At such time, ownership of this trash will transfer to the designated collecters (or their employing agency) for the explicit purpose of immediate disposal. Those found tampering with this trash will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. This contract shall be construed as being formed under the law of the State of California unless otherwise prohibited by local law of competent juristiction."
That should stop the snoopers!
FGD 135
Back a second time eh? If I catch you reading it I'll have you crucified! Pilate.
I believe that a "pre-trash" inspection is when someone goes through all your possessions looking for evidence of {something} before you've decided that said possessions are actually trash. In other words, they sneak into your your house, go through your all your stuff, and if that doesn't work then they look through your dumpster.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
This trash remains the property of [name] until such time as those individuals designated for its collection for immediate disposal remove it.
No no no!!! IANAL -but-:
[name] grants the designated trash collection company license to remove the trash from the residence and dispose of it in the accustomed landfill, however this trash remains the property of [name] until such time as it is degraded and unrecognizable as the original form in whole or in part...
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
conference calls.