tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16750015.post4241023304196636434..comments2024-01-24T20:01:37.600-05:00Comments on slight paranoia: The negative impact of AT&T's purchase of T-Mobile on the market for privacyChristopher Soghoianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08950937382104783909noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16750015.post-79621143766257431502011-03-26T22:18:30.546-04:002011-03-26T22:18:30.546-04:00T-Mobile is owned by Deutsche Telekom, which appar...T-Mobile is owned by Deutsche Telekom, which apparently likes to track people too. At least in Germany there was a means for this politician to get his tracked information.<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/26/business/media/26privacy.html?_r=1" rel="nofollow"> NY Times: German politican sues Deutsche Telekom to get tracking data</a>.<br /><br />Here's <a href="http://www.zeit.de/digital/datenschutz/2011-03/data-protection-malte-spitz" rel="nofollow"> more information and an interactive map of his data, which he decided to make public</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16750015.post-68630256589048217692011-03-26T21:36:47.093-04:002011-03-26T21:36:47.093-04:00As a former Verizon customer, I looked into multip...As a former Verizon customer, I looked into multiple other cellular providers in my quest for a new service provider. I found something which I find very disturbing, and I think casts an interesting light upon your post.<br /><br />Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint collectively represent the vast majority of the old Ma Bell system. Given the degree of cozy partnerships and joint ventures, it seems that the break-up of the old Bell system has failed. AT&T has, in a fashion, reformed itself via four companies (Qwest holds the remainder of the Bell system.)<br /><br />All four of these providers are providing essentially the same services, at the same rates, but with different colour schemes. If that is not collusion, I do not know what is.<br /><br />After the buy-out of AllTel by Verizon, T-Mobile was the last major non-Bell service provider. How curious AT&T would want to buy it up!Andrew McInneshttp://www.timeoutcorner.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com