Pretexting Redux

I wrote about pretexting and how the MPAA successfully lobbied against it in California in a previous post. Well color me surprised. Our very own US Congress passed a law outlawing pretexting. What this means for consumers is that their phone records will have the same level of protection as financial records. It will be illegal to trick people or companies into giving up phone records and it will be illegal to sell them. All that remains is for George W. to sign it into law.