Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-02-04 Thread Steve Rigby
On Feb 1, 2008, at 11:29 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: Which gets us back to that well-worn phrase: the banality of evil. The big muckety-mucks may get the wine and the dine, but it is the 'front line' employees who do the deed. And when the facts get out it is the 'front line' employees who get

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-02-01 Thread Tom Piwowar
No need for that. As said earlier, none of this was undertaken by the front line employees. It was all approved and ordered by the big muckety-mucks, the same ones who wine, dine, contribute to and play golf with administration bigwigs. Which gets us back to that well-worn phrase: the

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-30 Thread Steve Rigby
On Jan 29, 2008, at 8:19 PM, Eric S. Sande wrote: Whether this was in response to a National Security Letter or not is unspecified. What is clear is that, assuming the source is accurate, the apparent violations of normal practice may have occurred on a small scale. One claim that you can

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-30 Thread Steve Rigby
On Jan 29, 2008, at 8:19 PM, Eric S. Sande wrote: Whether this was in response to a National Security Letter or not is unspecified. What is clear is that, assuming the source is accurate, the apparent violations of normal practice may have occurred on a small scale. Here is an article on

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-29 Thread Snyder, Mark (NGIT-CA)
- From: Computer Guys Announcements and Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Piwowar Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 9:30 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy I do not believe that when a government official approaches you

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-29 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Read the book about the Duke LaCrosse trio that I am listening to on Public Radio would make the hairs on the back of your head stand up. Stewart At 06:40 AM 1/29/2008, you wrote: I'm so glad this was corrected. This kind of mistakes bugs the hell out of me. Recently noticed it once

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-29 Thread Steve Rigby
On Jan 29, 2008, at 1:11 AM, Eric S. Sande wrote: It's easy to suggest impropriety. I think the burden of proof is yours, sir. I offer this. http://tinyurl.com/3xc5o5 * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-29 Thread Tom Piwowar
No wonder people hate lawyers and the legal system. To get us back on topic (sort of), this takes us back to an earlier thread Time Warner pay based on Data Usage. The point in both cases is greedy corporations starting propoganda campaigns to pollute our understanding of reality. Time Warner

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-29 Thread chad evans wyatt
Mr Sande, your turn. Blinders are so very hard to discard... Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-29 Thread Jeff Miles
PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy I do not believe that when a government official approaches you and asks you to commit a crime, the proper answer should not be Yes Sir! Oops. I have an extra not in there. You probably understood

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-29 Thread mike
Bandwidth shortage...yeah. Cox is testing 30mbit here in phoenix. Friend of mine posted 28.7mbit test results via dslreports. Mike On Jan 29, 2008 9:51 AM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No wonder people hate lawyers and the legal system. To get us back on topic (sort of), this takes

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-29 Thread Eric S. Sande
, though. - Original Message - From: Steve Rigby [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy On Jan 29, 2008, at 1:11 AM, Eric S. Sande wrote: It's easy to suggest impropriety. I

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-29 Thread Tom Piwowar
Suggesting, if the numbers are accurate, that .0078 of the responses for data were without court order or subpoena in advance, which is the normal procedure. Are you not playing with statistics here? They admit to 720 illegal acts during a period of 2-3/4 years. There are about 690 business days

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-29 Thread Eric S. Sande
Plus, at least some of these requests were very broad. Not just who did this person call, but all the persons this person called and all the people those people called. That's going to be a big number. Well, not exactly. It was stated that the telco didn't keep calling circle data. Also, the

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
Collusion with NSA? If the feds come up to me and say we need this, my first reaction, when and how soon! They are the government and I am responsible to them. (Remember Verizon operates under the privilege of the Federal government to use the airwaves and the phone lines.) You sound like a

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-28 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
Rev. Stewart Marshall Whatever you want to believe. It has always amazed me that people want privacy but leave it all hang out (so to speak) In this day of technology you leave so many digital footprints out there. Kind of reminds me of the Head of google getting all bent out of shape when

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-28 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Western European born, US Raised, but raised with an understanding that there are two realms you live in, spiritual/political-governmental. Render unto Caesar, that which is Caesar and render unto God that which is God. 4th Commandment stuff. (Remember I come from a highly religious

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
I do not believe that when a government official approaches you and asks you to commit a crime, the proper answer should not be Yes Sir! Oops. I have an extra not in there. You probably understood what I intended anyway.

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-28 Thread Eric S. Sande
Well, sir, all I can say is that you need to investigate the goings on within the very company that you apparently work for. It's easy to suggest impropriety. I think the burden of proof is yours, sir. I can tell you for a certain fact that no one under my command was ever given an illegal

[CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-27 Thread Steve Rigby
In the news these days are stories about how our current administration is desperately trying to protect telephone companies from lawsuits that may be or are being filed as a result of their illegal participation in monitoring and wiretapping activities. I just paid my phone bill

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-27 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Whoa there hoss. You are mistaking two different sets of privacy. 1.) The privacy of your information as a customer and your financial information you share with them. (As just evidenced as you made you payment on your phone bill using a financial instrument.) 2.) You extrapolate this

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-27 Thread Eric S. Sande
It was the As always part that got to me the most. Pure horse manure. Verizon is committed to the privacy of communications. In the absence of a court order we will not divulge subscriber information or traffic details. That is how our front line forces are trained to operate.

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-27 Thread Fred Holmes
Privacy has gone the way of the dodo. Technology rules. Get over it. Fred Holmes At 07:32 PM 1/27/2008, Steve Rigby wrote: In the news these days are stories about how our current administration is desperately trying to protect telephone companies from lawsuits that may be or are being

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-27 Thread Steve Rigby
On Jan 27, 2008, at 8:20 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Whoa there hoss. You are mistaking two different sets of privacy. I do not think I am mistaking two different sets of privacy. Privacy guarantees as pertaining to my personal information is exactly what could have been violated

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-27 Thread chad evans wyatt
I was unaware that Verizon had resisted executive orders (sidestepping the relevant court required under FISA) to allow wiretaps on US citizens. Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page.

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-27 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Whatever you want to believe. It has always amazed me that people want privacy but leave it all hang out (so to speak) In this day of technology you leave so many digital footprints out there. Kind of reminds me of the Head of google getting all bent out of shape when Cnet googled his info

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-27 Thread Steve Rigby
On Jan 27, 2008, at 9:30 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Collusion with NSA? If the feds come up to me and say we need this, my first reaction, when and how soon! They are the government and I am responsible to them. I think the opposite. I, and you, are the most dominant and

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-27 Thread Steve Rigby
On Jan 27, 2008, at 9:40 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: I grew up being taught that ex post facto laws were prohibited by the Constitution (Article I, section 9). Or is this just another of those inconvenient truths? Some would say that you grew up in a different generation, that things are

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-27 Thread Tom Piwowar
In the news these days are stories about how our current administration is desperately trying to protect telephone companies from lawsuits that may be or are being filed as a result of their illegal participation in monitoring and wiretapping activities. I grew up being taught that ex post

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-27 Thread Steve Rigby
On Jan 27, 2008, at 8:07 PM, Fred Holmes wrote: Privacy has gone the way of the dodo. Technology rules. Get over it. Yeah, well, I'm pickin' my nose right now, but you still can't see me do it, can you? Steve *

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-27 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I have been married for 27 years. No longer a reason to worry. :-) Stewart At 09:21 PM 1/27/2008, you wrote: Really? Even to your most intimate and perhaps revealing of conversations? Steve Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace Ozark, AL SL 82

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-27 Thread Steve Rigby
On Jan 27, 2008, at 8:42 PM, Eric S. Sande wrote: Verizon is committed to the privacy of communications. In the absence of a court order we will not divulge subscriber information or traffic details. That is how our front line forces are trained to operate. But, it was not the front line

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-27 Thread Eric S. Sande
I do not think I am mistaking two different sets of privacy. Privacy guarantees as pertaining to my personal information is exactly what could have been violated by Verizon in their collusion with the NSA. Could have? That's a weak argument as far as evidence that Verizon colluded with

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-27 Thread Steve Rigby
On Jan 27, 2008, at 10:17 PM, Eric S. Sande wrote: I do not think I am mistaking two different sets of privacy. Privacy guarantees as pertaining to my personal information is exactly what could have been violated by Verizon in their collusion with the NSA. Could have? That's a weak