Comments on: Perkins: Pretexting dates don't match

When did the company begin targeting reporters' records? Some accounts of the start date don't match up.

[marileev]

Legally Questionable = oxymoron

Okay, so HP "acknowledged that its investigators used a legally questionable practice known as 'pretexting,'"

Isn't that sort of like saying if a person's not eaten for a week and steals food from the store it's sort of okay because they were starving. NO, the action is still stealing.

HP's playing chess with words and semantics "legally questionable" to still sounds umm... illegal http://www.iwantmyess.com/?p=100

[arluthier]

Legal vs. Ethical

Based on what I have read of the act/law that covers pretexting... it is only Illegal (federally) if you are using it to access peoples fincancial records and such. The questionable part may come into the fact that accessing someones phone records could be considered a financial resource? Either way you cut it... legal or illegal... it is obviously Unethical.

[chuck_whealton]

Re: Legally Questionable = oxymoron

You're correct. What's illegal is illegal and seriously, if they did
this to people without using the proper legal channels, they
deserve to get nailed to the wall for it.

If it's going to be done, it has to be done LEGALLY.

Charles R. Whealton
Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com

[fred dunn]

HPs Board and Counsel = legalmorons

They knew what was going on and just looked the other way.