Deutsche Telekom Secretly Tracked Phone Calls

Dekortage writes "German telephone giant Deutsche Telekom has admitted to secretly tracking the phone calls between board members and journalists, in an effort to identify media leaks about internal affairs. As noted by the German Journalists' Association, 'This company has special access to the records of its customers.... That means it has a special obligation to be trustworthy.' DT denies having eavesdropped; it merely tracked the calls dialed."

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It's always the men in suits that ruin the atmosphere.

I find this hard to believe.

[Anonymous Coward]

Twelve years ago, Deutsche Telekom handed my account over to a collection agency after they were unable to produce records of calls they asserted I made, nor were they capable of tracking payments for which I sent copies of the transfer statements. The collection agent who called me barely even tried to get the money. Her attitude was more along the lines of "I know, they really do suck." So now we expect them to be able to track their own phone usage? I doubt it.