Senate Considers Bill to Outlaw 'Pretexting'

by Scott Horsley, NPR
December 7, 2006

The Senate may act today to outlaw the use of deception to obtain people's telephone records without their consent. The practice, known as "pretexting," came out of the shadows when contractors working for Hewlett-Packard impersonated board members and journalists to obtain personal information.

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