Legal Spying Via the Cell Phone System 139
An anonymous reader writes "Two researchers say they have found a way to exploit weaknesses in the mobile telecom system to legally spy on people by figuring out the private cell phone number of anyone they want, tracking their whereabouts, and listening to their voice mail."
Uhm, bad headline. (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Legal? What about the new caller ID law... (Score:3, Insightful)
Plus the whole breaking into voicemail boxes thing.
What makes them think this is legal....? (Score:5, Insightful)
Yes, IAAL, but IANYL.
Not quite (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Uhm, bad headline. (Score:2, Insightful)
Clearly it ought to be legal though.
What the fuck are you smoking that makes you think this should be legal?
Re:Uhm, bad headline. (Score:3, Insightful)
Saw a line about spoofing caller id info. That isn't legal.....now.
Maybe not (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Not quite (Score:3, Insightful)
Nelson Rockefeller said of his grandfather, John D. Rockefeller, "He didn't break any laws. But a lot of laws were passed because of what he did."