[gcruse]

I thought the uproar was over intercepting foreign calls into and out of the US. If Bush wants warrantless phone tapping in the US, I hope he doesn’t get it.

[ca centered]

I’m not wild about being put into some surveillance pool, but I don’t care if my phone calls were followed. There was one interesting thing that happened with Cingular. I wanted to add international calling to a cell line, on a plan I have had for years. Since the new cell number hadn’t been on long I was asked a bunch of questions about were I’d lived in the past. They asked me addresses and asked if I’d lived there. Some were past addresses and some were not. I hadn’t lived in one of the addresses for 18 years, well before cell phones were common. It was informative as to how much info is out there about us. Cingular had an address I’d lived at 18 years ago? Cingular didn’t exist 18 years ago. Some of the addresses they asked if I’d lived at were very near past addresses. It was a test of my past to identify me. I’d understand the gov having that information, but Cingular? I don’t really care but it was an eye opener that more than the government have somewhat detailed information on who we are. And I’m a nobody.

[tsowellfan]

Bush Wants Phone Firms Immune to Privacy Suits

I thought it was legal