The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has approved Senate bill 2389 (the current version starts on page 18), Protecting Consumer Phone Records Act, which will now be sent to the full Senate for consideration. The press release...
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The U.S. House Judiciary Committee voted today to criminalize impersonation of telephone subscribers to obtain their account information. The Senate passed a parallel bill that would mandate only a 5 year jail term for violators. I imagine that the compromise...
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