Tuesday, January 10, 2006
FBI Agent's Cell Phone Records For Sale
Locatecell.com seems to have a good thing going. According to this Chicago Sun Times story:
Funny how this is a big surprise to the FBI.
Fortunately friend Chris Hoofnagle, of Electronic Privacy Information Center, is on the case.
Thanks to Steve Crandall, who spotted this story first!
To test the service, the FBI paid Locatecell.com $160 to buy the records for an agent's cell phone and received the list within three hours, the police bulletin said.Funny how the FBI's first reaction is to go on the defensive.
Representatives of Data Find Solutions Inc., the Tennessee-based operator of Locatecell.com, could not be reached for comment.
Frank Bochte, a spokesman for the FBI in Chicago, said he was aware of the Web site.
"Not only in Chicago, but nationwide, the FBI notified its field offices of this potential threat to the security of our agents, and especially our undercover agents," Bochte said.
Funny how this is a big surprise to the FBI.
The Chicago Sun-Times paid $110 to Locatecell.com to purchase a one-month record of calls for this reporter's company cell phone. It was as simple as e-mailing the telephone number to the service along with a credit card number.Cheating spouse? Disloyal employees? Need to find out what your competition is doing? Hey, no problem. Telecom services are just information services these days.
Locatecell.com e-mailed a list of 78 telephone numbers this reporter called on his cell phone between Nov. 19 and Dec. 17. The list included calls to law enforcement sources, story subjects and other Sun-Times reporters and editors.
Fortunately friend Chris Hoofnagle, of Electronic Privacy Information Center, is on the case.
Thanks to Steve Crandall, who spotted this story first!
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Comments:
Cell phones are like emails. Open for the public to view. You can go to radio shack and buy a reciever that will allow you to listen in on cell phone calls.
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