Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!agate!telecom-request From: fulk@cs.rochester.edu (Mark Fulk) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Sprint Says NO to Increased Account Security Message-ID: Date: 26 Mar 91 17:01:18 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: Computer Science Department University of Rochester Lines: 25 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 243, Message 2 of 14 In article yazz@prodnet.la.locus.com (Bob Yazz) writes: > 800/347-8988 is the number to complain to Sprint about this; first > things first. > The Executive Analyst has had only TWO complaints? Must be John > Higdon and me! > I'm sure Sprint's ability to, uh, count isn't in question, is it? (:-/ I just spoke to Gena Fulmer at the above number. She admits to having heard quite a few complaints, and indicated that they would likely be acted on. We had a brief, but very nice, conversation about privacy concerns. I supplied her with the following scenario, which she agreed constituted a significant privacy invasion: My boss suspects me of wanting to go elsewhere. Before the start of the hiring season, he starts checking my Sprint balance every night. A rapid increase in long-distance phone calls contributes to his suspicions. Mark Fulk