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Kilroy

MVM

join:2002-11-21

Saint Paul, MN 1 recommendation Kilroy MVM Soon to be amended [SARCASM]And this just in, the Communication Act to be amended to allow data sales to government organizations without prior approval. This change will be retro active to at least one day prior to the current findings[/SARCASM]

newview

Ex .. Ex .. Exactly

Premium Member

join:2001-10-01

Parsonsburg, MD newview Premium Member Hit 'em where it hurts AT&T should be made to distribute that total sum of annual payments to every individual whose private information was stolen and distributed. HiDesert

join:2008-08-17 HiDesert Member What about the 4th amend violations? One of the first things Obama did first term was to let ATT skate from the 4th amend violations under the Bush admin. ATT is the worst of the bunch. No way would I give a cent to these crooks. ATT and Federal government are one in the same. Zero privacy folks and its been this way for many years.

cork1958

Cork

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join:2000-02-26 cork1958 Premium Member Re: What about the 4th amend violations? said by HiDesert: No way would I give a cent to these crooks. ATT and Federal government are one in the same



Both those companies need to be broken up, period! I can think of a couple/few cable companies like that also! AT&T is not even in my area and I've never had the displeasure of using them, but even if I could, I wouldn't! Same with Verizon too!Both those companies need to be broken up, period! I can think of a couple/few cable companies like that also! Goldman

join:2002-06-21

Maumelle, AR Goldman to HiDesert

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said by HiDesert: ATT and Federal government are one in the same. Exactly. Who would punish them? elray

join:2000-12-16

Santa Monica, CA elray Member Grow Up! These so-called consumer groups are barking up the wrong tree.



Their beef is with the White House and Capitol Hill, that allows and/or encourages other three-letter agencies to violate the Constitution with impunity, not the private companies who they license. The government has the ability to simply take the data.



But that doesn't fit the anti-corporate, pro-state narrative, does it?

JakCrow

join:2001-12-06

Palo Alto, CA 1 edit 3 recommendations JakCrow Member Re: Grow Up! Att is breaking the law. All parties should be held accountable. sonicmerlin

join:2009-05-24

Cleveland, OH sonicmerlin to elray

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Uh, AT&T is in direct violation of the Communications Act. You really can't drop your obsessive defense of all things corporate for even a minute can you? elray

join:2000-12-16

Santa Monica, CA elray Member Re: Grow Up! The government "asked" for the data. They are, in this case, the sole guilty party.

Its sad that your contempt for productivity and profit blinds you.



I assure you we could sit down and find agreement on acts that AT&T has perpetrated over the years that add up to both civil and criminal offenses. But this is not one of them.

TAZ

@qwest.net TAZ Anon Re: Grow Up! Oh poor AT&T. I'm sure with their billions of dollars and large legal team there's no possible way they could have objected and fought this.



The idea is to punish the companies who are cooperating so that they then have an incentive to fight such unlawful orders.

BLUEFLASH

@bhn.net BLUEFLASH to elray

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ELRAY...IF the POLICE,GOVERMENT or ANY 3 LETTER ENTITY walked up to YOUR HOUSE and knocked on your door and "ASKED YOU" for "ALL YOUR FINANCIAL RECORDS"..WOULD YOU JUST SIMPLY GIVE THEM UP? How about all your downloaded music...OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU OWN?..NO MATTER HOW INSIGNIFICANT THE ITEM ASKED FOR IS. I DO UNDERSTAND YOU LIVE IN CA. & YOU ARE FORCED TO VIEW THE WORLD IN A DIFFERENT WAY..DUE TO SOME VERY STRINGENT STATE & FED LAWS BUT THE CORRECT RENPONSE FOR AT&T..AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN TO IS SIMPLY SAY "HELL NO!" NO ONE FORCED THEM TO GIVE OVER THEIR CUSTOMER INFO,AT&T IS GREEDY & SCARED OF FED GOVT. WE SHOULD NOT BE!

I AM NOT !

JakCrow

join:2001-12-06

Palo Alto, CA JakCrow Member Re: Grow Up! said by BLUEFLASH : YOU LIVE IN CA. & YOU ARE FORCED TO VIEW THE WORLD IN A DIFFERENT WAY..DUE TO SOME VERY STRINGENT STATE & FED LAWS Do tell. What laws are forcing him to view the world in a different way? tmc8080

join:2004-04-24

Brooklyn, NY tmc8080 Member reported as income? I doubt this money is even reported as income and taxed as income. It's just like money under the table... your comment..

