Cyber Pulpit

Why Technology Can Be Bad for Politicians

It was recently discovered that some Verizon Wireless employees were fraudulently reviewing Barack Obama’s wireless telephone records. This should seem like an obvious no-no even for “Joe the Plumber” customers, to the point where employees should be unable to do this without the customer’s permission.

Questions remain: will Verizon Wireless take disciplinary action? Will there be a criminal investigation? Does privacy exist anymore?

UPDATE: Verizon Wireless did fire the employees who accessed Obama’s wireless phone account without his permission.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/21/obama.cell.phone/