ms6b+@andrew.cmu.edu (Marvin Sirbu) (03/18/89)
Steve Bellovin's comment about the need for better laws concerning the privacy of telephone calling records is well taken. Laws already on the books make your bank records private -- i.e. a bank can't say that you gave up all rights to privacy of your bank records when you asked them to make a payment for you when you wrote a check. It takes a court order to get at your bank records. A similar law should be on the books concerning telephone call records. Just because you gave the phone company a callee's number in order to complete a call doesn't mean they should be able to give out your call records without a warrent. Marvin Sirbu