AT&T site jokes about warrantless wiretapping
"Ms. Suspicious Has Nothing to Hide. Well, she has a little to hide, but her love of online billing isn't one of them. [sic]. She and the other members of the Online Liberation Movement (tm) have made online billing work for them..."
Via BoingBoing.
Ha, ha! It's funny because it's true. AT&T really has engaged in a massive criminal conspiracy to help the government violate the Fourth Amendment.
Posted by: Autumnal Harvest | June 30, 2008 at 09:44 AM
I watched the video for "Ms. Suspicious" and the marketing angle seems to be that AT&T's password encryption will prevent other people from getting your password.
I don't think it's meant to refer to AT&T handing over our information to the government without a warrant.
AT&T is making fun of people concerned about privacy, though.
Posted by: Eric Jaffa | June 30, 2008 at 10:21 AM
I don't think it's meant to refer to AT&T handing over our information to the government without a warrant.
Of course it isn't. You'd have to have raving FISA Derangement Syndrome to think that this was connected.
Posted by: Tybalt | June 30, 2008 at 11:29 AM
Dear AT&T:
That's right. Start making us feel silly and guilty for having the slightest suspicions about your conduct. What idiots we would be if we did.
Posted by: Norman Costa | June 30, 2008 at 02:29 PM
"You see, this phone system consists of a multibillion-dollar matrix of space age technology that is so sophisticated -- [ she hits buttons with her elbows ] even we can't handle it. But that's your problem, isn't it? So, the next time you complain about your phone service, why don't you try using two Dixie cups with a string? We don't care. We don't have to. We're the Phone Company." - Ernestine
Posted by: Pennant | June 30, 2008 at 11:03 PM