Comments on: FTC to court: Put an end to pretexting operations

Request comes as criminal charges still hang over the head of former HP chairman and others in connection with spying campaign.

[inachu]

RIAA MPAA in the sights of FTC next please!

Nobody is above the law but RIAA think they should be.

[soup_ignorant]

ok...

What do they have to do with HP's scandal?

[rumordude]

not quite the same.

They persuade ISP's (ie telco's) to divulge information about users. However, they also get a court order...

[ctambour]

Laws of Fraud have been ?Clarified? for Centuries. All over the World!

For the FTC to Ask a court anything like this is a Pretext in itself.
If they have evidence of a law violation the same as in the HP case, turn it over the appropriate District Attorney for Prosecution.
This SHOULD be a routine local matter and only if necessary, this SHOULD be a routine Federal matter. Overlooking the Practice of Pretexting for years means the FTC, D.A.,s and any other prosecutorial agency has been overlooking Criminal violations for years.
To say the FTC acts as a "Foil" or "Straight Man" for White Collar Crime on cue is a standing joke.

Pretexting is an instance of FRAUD.
Someone GETS something (Privileged Customer Information) by GIVING something (Customer ID info) they don't own or were not authorized to use. Unless the fundamental principles of FRAUD Law haven't been written correctly, you shouldn't EVER need use the "Made Up Term" Pretexting to prosecute this.
I'm all for getting guerrilla news media with video cameras asking the FTC and D.A.'s"Why this way?"

And lastly, let's not forget about American Legislatures of Code writers at all levels that flaunt their responsibility to ?Form a more Perfect Union..? through the Standardization of Law at an elementary school level.