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This just in: The Consumerist publishes the unlisted home and office numbers for Verizon's top executives in 3...2...1...
This just in: The Consumerist publishes the unlisted home and office numbers for Verizon's top executives in 3...2...1...
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Yeah this \"oops\" is in the same light as when you tell your best friend \"Oops, I slipped and my penis fell repeatedly in and out of your sister\" type of \"oops.\"
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@axiomatic: Yeah, like... \"She tripped and fell right on it man, over and over again... it felt good, but, there was nothing I could do.\"
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I hate that I have to pay Verizojn 2.50 a month for an unlisted number. How is this even acceptable anymore? It's almost like we should be able to check a box like signing up for some other service - \"Please do not make my information available to 3rd parties.\"
Every other respectable service offers something like that these days.
Nimrods.
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And how about the cost of calls to your friends to tell them you have a new number? Are the Verimorons going to pay for that cost too?
Somehow, I doubt it.
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@P_Smith: Add to that the cost of someone who now has to move because their address is now in the hands of their abuser?
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Well they already give all their info to the government and the government's always leaking info to various 3rd parties somehow or the other. Makes no difference IMO.
this business in reselling of personal information should be illegal. no if ands or buts just illegal. its just lame.
Whatever money was made from selling all that information should be given back to EACH victim. As in the total amount to each victim.
That's the only way companies will learn. Hit 'em in the wallet.
I remember hearing that the Police department in that area has private numbers for all their officers as a safety matter and this release could compromise them as well.
@thekicker: Bellsouth (now AT&T) charges almost $5 for the privilege of not being listed in the directory.
And yeah, the business of selling personal information should be illegal.
@Veeber: Yes, my father works for the state prison system, so my parents' number / address can't be published. It's the same concept with the police: someone gets out of jail with a grudge, looks you up in the phone book...my dad actually keeps in touch with a lot of the guys, but it's a nice protection to have just in case.
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Since you have to PAY for an unlisted number, wouldn't this be some sort of breach of contract? In which case, there should be a monetary damage associated with the \"oops\", and by that I mean something greater than the $23.76 they're willing to \"cover\" to show thah they're \"taking it seriously\".
BTW, Axiomatic...love the \"fell on your sister\" line. Classic!
Thanks for the kind words MPHinPgh and heavylee-again. Every now and then I rip a good funny. Glad you were here to witness one.
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With the note on the safety of domestic violence victims, I think this qualifies as a little more than an \"Oops\" for Verizon. Obviously they haven't learned from their previous mistakes.