http://www.bloggernews.net/12656 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:13:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.bloggernews.net/12656#comment-1141 Blogger News Network » Pretexting, Bad for PI’s, But OK For The MPAA Sun, 14 Jan 2007 00:11:23 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/12656#comment-1141 [...] I wrote an article recently about  the MPAA (Movie Producing Association of America) running a costly campaign to deep six a law that would make pretexting illegal. Pretexting in a nutshell, is pretending to be someone that you are not, usually to obtain information that would not normally be freely available, such things as Social Insurance Numbers, or Credit Reports. Pretexting is basically identity theft. [...] […] I wrote an article recently about  the MPAA (Movie Producing Association of America) running a costly campaign to deep six a law that would make pretexting illegal. Pretexting in a nutshell, is pretending to be someone that you are not, usually to obtain information that would not normally be freely available, such things as Social Insurance Numbers, or Credit Reports. Pretexting is basically identity theft. […]

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