[SD] U.S. Gov't Spent $30M On Citizens' Personal Info

News · 06-21-2006, 01:06 AM

infosec_spaz writes "According to a news story on Yahoo! News, the U.S. Government has spent US$30 million in the last year on buying citizens' personal phone records from online brokers...The very ones who Congress is trying to put out of business." From the Article:"Congressional investigators estimated the U.S. government spent $30 million last year buying personal data from private brokers. But that number likely understates the breadth of transactions, since brokers said they rarely charge law enforcement agencies any price." "So...who is getting all of BellSouth, SBC(AT&T) and other phone records?"

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06-21-2006, 01:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
News International Forum Great Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 36,012 News came out of the blue	[SD] U.S. Gov't Spent $30M On Citizens' Personal Info infosec_spaz writes "According to a news story on Yahoo! News, the U.S. Government has spent US$30 million in the last year on buying citizens' personal phone records from online brokers...The very ones who Congress is trying to put out of business." From the Article:"Congressional investigators estimated the U.S. government spent $30 million last year buying personal data from private brokers. But that number likely understates the breadth of transactions, since brokers said they rarely charge law enforcement agencies any price." "So...who is getting all of BellSouth, SBC(AT&T) and other phone records?" [SD] __________________ Please comment the news by answering to it here, merci de commenter les nouvelles en les commentant ici.
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