SPAM: -------------------- Start SpamAssassin results ---------------------- SPAM: This mail is probably spam. The original message has been altered SPAM: so you can recognise or block similar unwanted mail in future. SPAM: See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. SPAM: SPAM: Content analysis details: (5.7 hits, 5 required) SPAM: Hit! (2.7 points) Subject contains lots of white space SPAM: Hit! (1.0 point) Received via an IP in dynablock.njabl.org SPAM: [RBL check: found 96.179.156.141.dynablock.njabl.org.] SPAM: Hit! (0.4 points) Received via a relay in dnsbl.njabl.org SPAM: [RBL check: found 96.179.156.141.dnsbl.njabl.org.] SPAM: Hit! (0.6 points) DNSBL: sender ip address in in a dialup block SPAM: Hit! (1.0 point) DNSBL: Received via an IP in dynablock.njabl.org SPAM: SPAM: -------------------- End of SpamAssassin results --------------------- http://news.com.com/2010-1028-5381536.html Legalized extortion by any other name September 27, 2004, 4:00 AM PT By Declan McCullagh Members of the U.S. Senate heroically leapt into action last week by preventing cell phone companies from adding your mobile number to directory assistance without your permission. Right? In reality, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation's approval of the Wireless 411 Privacy Act bill was an exercise in frivolity and futility. All six of the cellular providers that are creating the 411 directory repeatedly have pledged to abide by a strict "opt in" standard for the service, which could launch in 2005. Steve Largent, a former congressman who's now head of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, attempted to pacify the feckless committee members a day before the vote, stressing that "the only way a number will be listed is if the customer specifically asks that it be made available." Largent's plea didn't work. The committee's Democratic members, joined by two Republicans, decided that the feds needed to force the cellular industry to do, well, precisely what the cellular industry was already doing. [...] _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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