DrewWilson
November 23rd, 2008, 10:57 PM
U.S. president-elect Barack Obama's cellphone records have been accessed by unauthorized persons, according to wireless provider Verizon.
“This week we learned that a number of Verizon Wireless employees have, without authorization, accessed and viewed president-elect Barack Obama’s personal cellphone account," the company's chief executive officer, Lowell McAdam, said in an apologetic statement late Thursday.
"The account has been inactive for several months. The device on the account was a simple voice flip-phone, not a BlackBerry or other smartphone designed for e-mail or other data services."
McAdam said all employees who accessed the account, whether they did so with or without authorization, have been put on immediate leave with pay.
More... (http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/21/tech-obama.html)
Oh come on. The government had access to his cell-phone records long before the employees did. After all, he voted for legislation that would breach his privacy in the first place. The news of unauthorized personel going through your private records in the US isn't really news at all.
“This week we learned that a number of Verizon Wireless employees have, without authorization, accessed and viewed president-elect Barack Obama’s personal cellphone account," the company's chief executive officer, Lowell McAdam, said in an apologetic statement late Thursday.
"The account has been inactive for several months. The device on the account was a simple voice flip-phone, not a BlackBerry or other smartphone designed for e-mail or other data services."
McAdam said all employees who accessed the account, whether they did so with or without authorization, have been put on immediate leave with pay.
More... (http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/21/tech-obama.html)
Oh come on. The government had access to his cell-phone records long before the employees did. After all, he voted for legislation that would breach his privacy in the first place. The news of unauthorized personel going through your private records in the US isn't really news at all.