Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 7 May 91 14:58:01 GMT From: Andrew Peed Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: AT&T Employee Makes Private Phone Records Public!! Message-ID: Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Hgts, IL Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu 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 341, Message 7 of 9 Lines: 36 Now hold the phone, folks. IF the telephone customer in question had been a private citizen, I too would be outraged at Mr. Borow's publishing of this information. HOWEVER, American Consumer Services (or whatever it calls itself) is operating as a public-service company, and as such is (or should be) open to public scrutiny. I see absolutely NO problem with Mr. Borow's publishing what he did. This is information that anyone off the street could concievably get, either by asking the company directly, or if necessary by going through the Better Business Bureau or even legal channels. If I remember my American Government lecturer's comments correctly, the Constitution of the United States explicitly guarantees the right of privacy to INDIVIDUALS, not corporations. As I see it, corporations, particularly those that operate in the public interest, should be open books for us, the public, to read and base our consumer behavior upon. (Now look what you've made me do. I've gone and ended a sentence with a preposition. If my high school English teacher hunts me down and kills me, it'll be all your fault.) From what Mr. Borow posted, I think that we can gather that their product is a run-of-the-mill scam, but that their operating procedures are all above board. I don't have any problem with that; let the buyer beware. Andrew B. Peed Motorola, Inc. ..!uunet!motcid!peed Cellular Infrastructure Group (708) 632-6624 1501 W.Shure Dr., Arlington Heights, IL, 60074