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Posted by Timothy Daniels on July 17, 2006, 1:43 pm
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"$Bill" wrote:
> Justice Gustine wrote:
>
>> HappyGuy@xemaps.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>General Warning
>>>
>>> Comcast is engaged in providing personal information for the
>>>purpose of profit. Your security is of no concern to Comcast. Use
>>>Comcast VOIP at your own risk. Use Comcast HSI at risk to the security
>>>of your data.
>>>
>>>
>>>BE forwarned
>>
>>
>> Uh?? Going on 4 weeks with Comcast "VOIP". Only thing closest to a
>> telemarketing call so far was ATT asking why they got dumped.
>
> What does selling your information have to do with telemarketing ?
> Of course, that could be one, but only one, usage for that info.
Telemarketing is all some people know about "personal information"
and those types are the first to suffer from spam and identity theft.
Furthermore, Comcast doesn't have to sell it to "lose" it. Information
can be "shared" with business "partners", unscrupulous employees
with d.b. access can sell it (as happened at AOL), and hackers can
steal it (who would know and and who could trace it?). And all the
time the telephone drones will assure you - because they've been
trained to assure you - that your information is safe with them. Hah!
My policy is to release only information necessary to do the transaction,
even if it means giving false information. Comcast does not get my
SSN. It gets a deposit, refundable when I close the account. Radio
Shack does not get my real telephone no. or real address - it gets
fake info. Even addresses for UPS delivery are altered so that I can
see where junk mailers get my address from. How? I add a fake
apartment no. to the street address. You'd be amazed how much
junk mail comes due to addresses you gave to government agencies
and loan companies. Those on-line debt consolidation and loan
shopping companies that ask for all your financial details? Forget it!
If all you're afraid of is telemarketers, you're bound to be a victim of
information "leakage".
*TimDaniels*
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