Sprint Wireless to help spammers
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Sprint Wireless has an automated phone care system with a “sensitive” bug. It happens in this situation: You reach the service by dialing a toll free number from any phone. Then introduce any Sprint phone number. And the automated voice reads back to you the complete name and address associated to the account owner.
BoingBoing double-checked the trick. Results: “I just tried this with the phone numbers of a few willing participants. With the first Sprint accountholder’s number, nothing worked. The voice-bot instructed me to call back and talk to a live human during weekday working hours. But with numbers two and three, bingo: it read back the accountholder’s name and address, and leaked other personally sensitive information associated with the account.”
So far, Sprint Wireless hasn’t yet clarified its unwanted help provided to spammers to set their database.
Jul 8, 2006 | By Nuno
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