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All this attention being paid to News International is distracting from the more worrying issues: - Why the police have utterly failed to investigate this. -

All this attention being paid to News International is distracting from the more worrying issues: - Why the police have utterly failed to investigate this. - Why the phone companies aren't being hammered for security lapses. Data Protection Act anyone?? - What other papers have done the same. The News of the World is in the same building as The Times, and under the same ownership as The Sun. I don't believe those two papers are clean either.

JonnieCache 15y ago
>Why the police have utterly failed to investigate this News of the World paid bribes worth £100,000 to up to five Met officers - http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/07/phone-hacking-bribes-five-police-officers http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/07/phone-hacking-br... Scotland Yard took no further action, apparently reflecting the desire of Fedorcio [met police press relations officer], who has had a close working relationship with Brooks, to avoid unnecessary friction with the News of the World. - http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/06/news-of-the-world-rebekah-brooks http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/06/news-of-the-worl...
pavel_lishin 15y ago
> - Why the phone companies aren't being hammered for security lapses. Data Protection Act anyone?? What security lapses? Honestly asking, the article didn't seem to mention anything.
- AlexMuir 15y ago
  I've not read into the technicalities of it, but it seems extraordinary that all four mobile operators would have voicemail that is wide open. Maybe it wasn't all of them? Nothing's been said about that. And I think that the Data Protection Act might make losing personal data an offence of strict liability, that is to say one doesn't need to prove any negligenct. The fact that the data was lost is enough.
  - pavel_lishin 15y ago
    You mean that when you open an account, your voicemail box originally does not have a PIN number at all?
    - seabee 15y ago
      It comes set with a default number. Given they have to send you personalized details anyway (phone number etc.) how hard would it have been to randomize it like banks do? They should take some of the blame for it. But nobody seems to care.
      - pavel_lishin 15y ago
        Oh, it's the same for everyone? Miserable.

JonnieCache 15y ago

>Why the police have utterly failed to investigate this News of the World paid bribes worth £100,000 to up to five Met officers - http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/07/phone-hacking-bribes-five-police-officers http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/07/phone-hacking-br... Scotland Yard took no further action, apparently reflecting the desire of Fedorcio [met police press relations officer], who has had a close working relationship with Brooks, to avoid unnecessary friction with the News of the World. - http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/06/news-of-the-world-rebekah-brooks http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/06/news-of-the-worl...

pavel_lishin 15y ago

> - Why the phone companies aren't being hammered for security lapses. Data Protection Act anyone?? What security lapses? Honestly asking, the article didn't seem to mention anything.

AlexMuir 15y ago
I've not read into the technicalities of it, but it seems extraordinary that all four mobile operators would have voicemail that is wide open. Maybe it wasn't all of them? Nothing's been said about that. And I think that the Data Protection Act might make losing personal data an offence of strict liability, that is to say one doesn't need to prove any negligenct. The fact that the data was lost is enough.
- pavel_lishin 15y ago
  You mean that when you open an account, your voicemail box originally does not have a PIN number at all?
  - seabee 15y ago
    It comes set with a default number. Given they have to send you personalized details anyway (phone number etc.) how hard would it have been to randomize it like banks do? They should take some of the blame for it. But nobody seems to care.
    - pavel_lishin 15y ago
      Oh, it's the same for everyone? Miserable.