Message-ID: <20220715021028.CA051795@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 02:10:28 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: DOJ Announces International Telemarketing Sweepstakes Fraud
Scheme
by David O. Klein
In yet another fraudulent scheme targeting the elderly and vulnerable,
two men recently pleaded guilty to running an international
telemarketing sweepstakes campaign that defrauded its victims of more
than $9 million. According to a Department of Justice ("DOJ") press
release, from a call center in Costa Rica, the criminals used what is
known as Voice-over-IP technology to conceal their physical
location. This enabled them to dupe victims into believing that the
phone numbers that they called were answered in the United States,
when in fact they were routed to a call center in Costa Rica.
https://tinyurl.com/3v4fd3ca
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Message-ID: <20220715155656.4777B835@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 15:56:56 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: CIA files: Joshua Schulte, the computer scientist convicted
in the US for one of the largest leaks of secret documents in the agency's
history
A New York court found one of its former agents, hacker Joshua Shulte,
guilty of one of the CIA's biggest leaks.
The leak of 8,761 documents to the Wikileaks platform in 2017 revealed
how US intelligence agents hacked smartphones abroad and turned them
into listening devices.
"Schulte was convicted of one of the most brazen and damaging acts of
espionage in US history" said prosecutor Damian Williams.
During the trial, the defendant blackeither (sic) the accusations.
But who is Joshua Schulte?
https://d1softballnews.com/cia-files-joshua-schulte-the-computer-scientist-convicted-in-the-us-for-one-of-the-largest-leaks-of-secret-documents-in-the-agencys-history/
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***** Moderator's Note *****
Well, it's on the borderline of "telecom" - but the guy looks like
me. OMG, he actually /looks/ /like/ /me/.
Or, at least a version of me in my twenties. I'm 70 now, and wondering
how or when I missed my 15 minutes of fame. I know I shouldn't idolize
a traitor, but these days, traitors get to have their own TV show or
get elected President.
Sigh. I'm getting old.
Bill Horne
Moderator
Message-ID: <taq8oi$2r5u9$1@dont-email.me>
Date: 14 Jul 2022 23:27:14 -0000
From: "bob prohaska" <bp@www.zefox.net>
Subject: Re: Wireline alternatives/PUC status
John Reiser <vendor@bitwagon.com> wrote:
> On 7/11/22 18:40, bob prohaska wrote:
>> If telephone voice service is added to a more modern
>> connection scheme (wireless or fiber, for example) is any part of the
>> bundle under PUC regulation?
>
> Anything that claims to be "telephone voice service" is subject to all
> the PUC regulations that pertain to 911 access for emergency services
> (medical, fire, police). For connection at a fixed (non-mobile)
> location, this means that the customer must provide, and the carrier
> must maintain and forward to the (E)911 service, the physical address
> of the endpoint.
>
> The carrier must pay the monthly fee (tax) for (E)911 service; many
> carriers add this as a line item on the customer's bill.
Are such services subject to PUC supervision for issues related to money,
such as monthly rates, billing practices and error resolution?
Thanks for writing,
bob prohaska
Message-ID: <20220715174644.D3CA0835@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 17:46:44 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: Student expelled for offensive Snapchat post can sue school
district, 10th Circuit says
By Debra Cassens Weiss - July 11, 2022
A federal appeals court has ruled a Colorado high-school student can
sue over his one-year expulsion for an off-campus, offensive Snapchat
post.
The Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday
for the student, "C.G.," in a suit brought on his behalf against the
Cherry Creek School District and its officials.
https://tinyurl.com/mryk92x3
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***** Moderator's Note *****
There used to be a TV show that had a slogan which said "The Truth Is
Out There," and so it is, except it's not a stage play that the truth
is out in. School administrators and others in positions of authority
are being confronted more and more often with the limits of their
authority, at the same time that they are being confronted with the
limits of their education and accomplishments, and the truth is that
they're unable to reconcile the fact with their new places in the
online world: that of functionaries fighting a rear-guard action
against an industrial machine interested only in grooming the next
generation of soldiers and consumers.
Some public servants don't get it: the fact is that the respect they
used to arrogate - from generations of students whom were being raised
in a world where children really were expected to be seen and not
heard - has been diverted to magical beings living inside tiny
battery-powered containers. The electronic heroes of today, like the
analog TV stars of my youth, never make mistakes, always know what has
to be done, and never stop to ask for help or advice.
There is, of course, a critical difference between the well-groomed
heroes of the 50's and those of today: the old guard of Hollywood
regulars knew that their job was to set an example of a good soldier
who did what was "right," for whatever flavor of righteousness was
fashionable that season. Modern electronic Daemons are created and
pushed into unsuspecting minds with no other purpose than to sell
soap, and for the life of me I can't decide which Potemkin village
deserves to be razed more quickly.
The children born in the Internet age are used to having their lives
play out in public places, while not yet having the hard-won
experience that will (one hopes) eventually cause them to moderate
what they put into public view.
The ruler-slapping despots whom used to have nearly absolute power
over students are now being confronted with realities both
professional and personal: truths which some of them cannot handle.
Bill Horne
Moderator
