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Article #342Re: Is Primenet secure ? ...
From: Mike Copeland
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 00:00
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I've been watching this thread, as exposed in several subject threads, and I've come to one conclusion: Mr. McCann must have something (other than his personal privacy) to hide - the man doth protest too much. I mean, _REALLY_!... > > > > But one thing you can know for sure is that Primenet gives out > > > > confidential/personal information to telemarketing firms. > > > > > > I find it interesting that you consistently leave out the fact that > > > this telemarketing firm was under contract to Primenet, and acting > > > as Primenet's agent. > > > > If you know who this telemarketing firm is (or is there more than one), > > what they are "under contract" to do (i.e. what *are* they told to > > say/do) and their trustworthiness as "Primenet's agent," than you > > certainly know more than I do re: this issue. > > Well, there ya' go. > > > Furthermore and what you seem to be consistently overlooking, is the > > fact that the agreement I made with Primenet *specifically* foreclosed > > this event from ever occurring. In other words, they assured me > > unequivocally when I gave them my number and other personal information > > that they would under no circumstances give my information to a > > telemarketing agency. > > And they didn't. They gave it to _their_employees_. > > > > Giving them your number is no different than > > > making your number available to Primenet employees, because that's > > > _exactly_ what they are. > > > > I disagree with you. If I were to entrust to you my personal carry > > and obtain your assurance that *you will not* turn it over to > > anyone else to use or work on, would you feel right in turning it > > over to someone else to use or modify ? > > I am an individual. Primenet is a company. You turned your number over > to Primenet. That means all of Primenet has it, including their duly > appointed contractors.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: febea,809105d55b5345f5 X-Google-Attributes: gidfebea,public X-Google-Thread: f863a,809105d55b5345f5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf863a,public X-Google-Thread: 1084c1,809105d55b5345f5 X-Google-Attributes: gid1084c1,public From: Mike Copeland <mrcope@primenet.com> Subject: Re: Is Primenet secure ? ... Date: 1997/04/27 Message-ID: <336373BA.3089@primenet.com> X-Deja-AN: 237809808 References: <335FAB1B.3828@primenet.com> <33615D3D.3C42@primenet.com> <5jtapp$p5f$1@nnrp01.primenet.com> <336243EF.74C2@goodnet.com> <5jutbu$1su$1@nnrp01.primenet.com> Organization: Primenet X-Posted-By: @206.165.20.252 (mrcope) Newsgroups: primenet.general,az.general,az.internet