All Your Phone Call Records are for Sale, Cheap
Anyone can buy a list of your incoming and outgoing calls, cellphone or hard-line, for $110. Congress knows, shrugs | moreSun Times: The Chicago Police Department is warning officers their cell phone records are available to anyone — for a price. Dozens of online services are selling lists of cell phone calls, raising security concerns among law enforcement and privacy experts.
Criminals can use such records to expose a government informant who regularly calls a law enforcement official. | more
Also: AmericaBlog reports that Democrats.com is offering to help buy Republicans’ private phone call records.
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