House Committee to Review Cellphone Records Privacy
The cellphone's emergence as a primary communications device has spawned a cottage industry of con artists seeking to trick mobile phone companies into giving away the phone numbers and calling records of unwitting subscribers. That is the premise of a Congressional hearing, scheduled today, into the extent of the problem, whether carriers are doing enough to protect subscriber data, and the possibility of enacting tighter regulations to thwart thieves.
House Panel to Press Cellphone Industry on Improving Protection of Customer Records, New York Times, February 1, 2006.
