This morning I received a phone call from 1-800-419-7370. Caller ID showed it as “Unknown.” So I let the answering machine pick up. It was Tracfone, the pre-paid cell phone company. They left a pre-recorded message with some sales offers. I called back to “opt-out” and was told all circuits were busy. I redialed a [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Privacy category.
Car Warranty Telephone Scams
Have you been getting those ridiculous telemarketing scams from some robot telling you that your car’s warranty has expired? I got my call from 909-691-9149. See these articles for more information: As states investigate extended auto warranty industry, consumers launch class-action suit against Wentzville firm Want the phone number to the “Your car’s warranty is [...]
Don’t Talk to the Police
Don’t talk to the Police is an interesting lecture from Professor James Duane of the Regent University School of Law about why you should never talk to the police. The talk won’t help you, but could hurt you. Logically, it makes sense. He doesn’t say what you should do when you get pulled over while [...]
Personal Privacy, FISA, and The Phone Company
“Personal privacy is protected because it is essential to liberty and the pursuit of happiness” – Frank Church, 1976 Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) just defeated an attempt to pass the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) which would have provided immunity to telecommunications companies who cooperated with the Bush administration’s secret wiretapping program. But the bill [...]
PATRIOT Act Passage
“They played all kinds of games, kept the House in session all night, and it was a very complicated bill. Maybe a handful of staffers actually read it, but the bill definitely was not available to members before the vote.” –Rep. Ron Paul, TX, on how few Congresscritters saw the USA-PATRIOT Bill before voting overwhelmingly [...]
Marvin Kane 410-298-2013 telemarketing spam
I just received a pre-recorded telemarketing call offering me the chance to refinance my home. The caller ID said “Marvin Kane” at (410) 298-2013. No information was on the call except to leave a message if I was interested. I left a message all right. I rarely use 4 letter words, but people running a [...]
Censorship
If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a State has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his own house, what books he may read or what films he may watch. Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men’s minds. – Stanley v. Georgia, [...]
Eleven Questions Congress Must Ask About the NSA Spying Program
Call your members of Congress. Ask them to find the answers to these Eleven Questions.
NSA has massive database of Americans’ phone calls
Augh! Read this article at USA Today: NSA has massive database of Americans’ phone calls.
Telephone Privacy: the Right to be Left Alone
When I am at my home, I don’t want to be disturbed with phone calls from people I don’t know. Some companies get the phone numbers to call from phone books, others use a computer to randomly generate phone numbers, and others buy customer lists from otehr companies. I have started to track down companies [...]
