(keitai-l) Re: Privacy concerns contra usability?

From: Juergen Specht <js_at_anima.de>
Date: 08/22/00
Message-ID: <39A1CD3D.6B3341C4@anima.de>
jeffrey funk wrote:
> There have been several court
> cases in the last few years where people have used subscriber information
> (not docomo but I think hikari tsushin) and people have been arrested and as
> far as I know convicted. 
Interesting...do you know of any english spoken information
about these cases (links)?

> [...] The police
> most certainly uses this information as this is one reason why the police
> asked docomo to begin collecting personal information when people subscribe
> to pre-paid services. people in shady businesses where all beginning to use
> pre-paid services.
Right. I remember a hostile case some weeks/months ago where a
guy made all the calls with a pre paid mobile phone and the 
police could not catch him because of this. 

Thanks!

Juergen
Received on Tue Aug 22 03:40:15 2000