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The case will go forward with Facebook defending its text messages on technical grounds; it argues that the texts were not automated because Brickman and
by incompatible 10y ago
The case will go forward with Facebook defending its text
messages on technical grounds; it argues that the texts
were not automated because Brickman and others who received
them had supplied Facebook with their phone numbers.
That sounds like a strange definition of "automated" and a very weak argument.
- jessaustin 10y agoIf that passes muster, the next argument we'll hear will be, "we bought this list of numbers from ATT, and your number is on the list, so our robocall to your number isn't really 'automated', per se."
- SilasX 10y agoA spammer used that exact defense before, that it's not spam, because they used legal means to obtain the email addresses. A slashdot poster once compared that to (if I can add some embellishment) saying that "I have a valid driver's license and comply with local laws, therefore I can park on your lawn." https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157986&cid=13234763 https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157986&cid=13234763
- andrewstuart2 10y agoMy guess is that they're attempting to show that they're not subject to laws against auto-dialing, which is typically just a machine that dials numbers incrementally or randomly.