On Wed, May 03, 2000 at 11:54:05PM -0400, Lucky Green wrote: > > They don't need to notify you when they access the phone list on your mobile > since remote access to the phone list on your next mobile phone will be a > standard feature. As will be remote initiation of outbound calls. No user > confirmation or notification is required. It is all in the specs. It may > comfort some that both functions require the other side to know the private > key corresponding to the Telephony Service Provider (TSP) cert installed on > your phone or SIM. All that's required for the TSP to read the phone list on > your mobile is for the TSP to send a message down the SMS channel requesting > a dump of your phone list. Same for initiating an outbound call. But of course the cell phone carriers have only the highest regard for privacy and wouldn't dream of sharing your phone list with any LEO who asks... or selling it. > The other day, I spent hours in a working group where the primary concern of > the participants was to ensure that the provider can bill the subscriber for > the airtime and tolls associated with such TSP-initiated calls. No, I am not > making this stuff up. So what did they say when you pointed out that there would be a privacy issue? -- Eric Murray www.lne.com/~ericm ericm at the site lne.com PGP keyid:E03F65E5
