Verizon Accused of Remotely Controlling Droid

[counselmancl]

[citation][nom]Platypus[/nom]You should really try to read the article first and not just post your feelings based on the title alone. There was no intrusion. It was some ridiculously inferior coding with timestamps.[/citation]

Fixing code is a very minor action yes, accessing a personally owned device without consent to do it is not. Just because we are dealing with 1’s and 0’s doesn’t mean it wasn’t an intrusion into personal property.

Where does it end? A line must be drawn.

 

[counselmancl]

But your right, I read the article wrong. I thought they did access the phones, but I know I have read that companies have done this in the past. Looking for the article...

 

[necronic]

Good lord Tom, maybe next time you can not use a sensationalist title? In the article itself you give the official (and perfectly reasonable) explanation for the resolution of the error, and yet youre title makes it seem like they actually did the backdoor access.

That is some seriously irresponsible journalism. FFS, just look at these comments, you have a lot of people here talking about privacy issues which is exactly what DIDN'T happen.

Unless of course you don't believe their explanation, but if that's the case go ahead and say it, don't imply it in such a sensationalist manner.

 

[AtuBrian]

[citation][nom]vorless[/nom]WHAT THE FUCK[/citation]
did u even read the thread

 

[sailfish]

Sounds like Auto-Focus Hocus-Pocus to me.