Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!telecom-request From: moscom!de@cs.rit.edu (David Esan) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: AT&T Employee Makes Private Phone Records Public!! Message-ID: Date: 7 May 91 18:02:27 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Reply-To: David Esan Organization: Moscom Corp., E. Rochester, NY 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 345, Message 5 of 11 In article jp@tygra.Michigan.COM (John Palmer) writes: X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 335, Message 7 of 8 > WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!! Do all of you realize what Mr. Borow just > did!!! > He used his privilege as an AT&T employee to access PRIVATE telephone > records about a subscriber of AT&T and has now broadcast them to the > entire world I too was shocked by the original article and wondered where Randy got the information. I think that this could be construed as industrial espionage. Think about it, if your competition knows that you are calling a certain number or numbers often they can use this to figure your future plans or beat you to the punch. They could also intrude on personal issues (the CEO is calling his/her new girlfriend/ boyfriend (you may pick and choose, any combination could be embarrassing)) that could adversely affect the continuation of the business. My vote is that Randy's actions were wrong. David Esan de@moscom.com