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> Who you called, who called you, how long you talked - this stuff, which is otherwise known as call detail records it available to nearly everyone who works fo
by mhurron 13y ago
> Who you called, who called you, how long you talked - this stuff, which is otherwise known as call detail records it available to nearly everyone who works for the telco
And to law enforcement with a warrant for a specific person relating to an ongoing investigation. All the NSA just got rid of that pesky legal requirement. Why all the fuss?
Also that anyone at the telco that used that information, if that got out that anyone probably wouldn't have a job for long.
- maxerickson 13y agoCall detail records generally don't require a warrant. I posted this article the other day: http://www.crypto.com/blog/celltapping/ http://www.crypto.com/blog/celltapping/
- Aloha 13y agoExactly my arguments about CDR's, I have mixed feelings about disclosing location with CDR's - but if it were a landline, the location part is sort of a given, unless using a beige box or some other diverter like object (like a DISA on a PBX).
- maxerickson 13y agoAll you really said is that you were comfortable with things the way they are. I'd like to see some sort of data rights legislation, where when I ask the phone company to please try to connect me to some other person I can expect that they are minimizing access to those details. I wouldn't even mind if my requests related to service problems meant authorizing a period of wider disclosure. That at least changes the tone of the privacy discussions (and 'trusted third parties' are a well carved out aspect of privacy).
- Aloha 13y agoI'm uncomfortable with the way things are, I'd rather things be more like they were a decade (or more) ago, which is to say nearly universal access by law enforcement to call detail records on demand, these records might include location call is placed from (for both Mobile and Landline telephones), I'm also comfortable with disclosure of Text Messaging metadata (envelope information), but not Geolocation data attached to texts without a warrant. I'm deeply uncomfortable with anything beyond this - that includes but is not limited to geolocation data not tied to a voice call without a warrant, taps on IP/Text/Voice content without a warrant.