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Verizon Wireless and NSA: Annals of Corporate Miscommunication
Closed Published May 19th, 2006 on Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better PlaceI’ve had an instructive interchange with my now former cell phone provider over the past week. It started with the USAToday story that Verizon, AT&T and BellSouth were allegedly providing customer call records to the NSA. I called Verizon Wireless, (VW) my cell phone provider, the next day to ask about the matter. […]
Qwest Stands Up to NSA, Goes from Qworst to Best?
Closed Published May 16th, 2006 on Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better PlaceTom Zeller, who covers blogging for the NY Times wrote Qwest Goes From the Goat to the Hero about Qwest’s stellar performance in the recent NSA-phone company imbroglio. Qwest was the only one of four national telecommunications giants to just say no to Big Brother when he came knocking for phone records on all […]
Verizon to Customers: “Drop Dead!”
Closed Published May 13th, 2006 on Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better PlaceSo it’s good bye Verizon–hello Qwest. After reading about the latest and ever-expanding NSA spying scandal yesterday, I decided to call Verizon Wireless today and ask them to explain their thinking in cooperating with NSA. I was told to call the Verizon Customer Relations department in California (1-800-483-7988). If you’re a customer […]
AT&T, BellSouth and Verizon Willingly Share Customer Phone Records With NSA
Closed Published May 12th, 2006 on Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better PlaceBy now, pretty much everyone knows about the latest bombshell to explode in George Bush’s lap regarding the NSA spying scandal. According to USAToday, the agency persuaded (without too much arm-twisting it appears) AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth to share virtually all their domestic phone records with the government. While the Administration is attempting […]