Sprint Refuses to Help Family of Kidnapped Child

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was moderated, we could simply delete juvenile nonsensical posts that have
no basis in fact.

"Scott" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Jeff" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> "Scott" <[email protected]> spewed:
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>>> Interesting- Sprint has responded and it would seem that little of what
>>> you posted was true- there was no fee and the request for documents from
>>> law enforcement is a common and quick practice. In fact, apparently
>>> Sprintlocated the car just as it was found.
>>>
>>>
>>> BTW- the response has gone withou a single challenge of their story.
>>>
>>> Nice try, troll.
>> Don't you just love it when socially unskilled geeks try to act all macho
>> by calling other people "trolls," as if it will really destroy the
>> original poster? Get a life, pal.
>>
>> Also, try getting your facts straight. Sprint never revealed the GPS
>> location of the cell phone. The child was found about two hours after he
>> was reported missing when another motorist spotted the SUV and called law
>> enforcement. Sprint was "still working on" providing the information.
>>
>> What I posted was a copy of a news story from the NBC affiliate in Los
>> Angeles. If you have a problem with the veracity of the story, take it up
>> with them.
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> <snip more diatribe>
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> You posted it here, not the affiliate. And please look at the date of the
> story before you bash Sprint for taking so long to respond- they responded
> to the news article within a week. It seems your affiliate had bad info.
> The fact that any kind kind of fee was not discussed on the night in
> question (contrary to the story) puts the whole story in question. The
> fact that Sprint was not requesting a full-blown subpoena is also contrary
> to the story. Call it coporate ass covering, but NOBODY involved in the
> incident has tried to correct anything reported by Sprint. It would seen
> that your version was far from accurate. Its easy to post crap to Usenet-
> much harder to verify before posting. I believe that is the sign of a
> socially and mentally unskilled geek.
>
> Now- you want to discuss why there are hoops to jump through before this
> type of info is released? Consider the following scenarios:
>
> -An irate, abusive ex-husband calls Sprint to get the location of his
> wife's phone, who he fears is missing. The truth- he's looking to find
> out where she is to beat the crap out of her for leaving him.
>
> -I decide I don't like you and want to make your life miserable. I call
> Sprint needing to get your home address because I just received a call
> from your cellphone saying that my child was just hit in front of your
> house, but you forgot to give me the address in the confusion of the
> moment.
>
> -Somebody else who doesn't like you calls Sprint posing as a DEA agent
> needing the location of your phone to stop the delivery of a major
> narcotics deal. The truth- its really thieves wanting to know how far
> away from your house youare to determine if they have enough time to do a
> B&E.
>
> Now, while these might sound outrageous, they sound no more outrageous
> than calling and giving the story involved here. Are you comfortable
> having your cell phone company giving out your information whenever
> somebody requests it for an emergency without going through some kind of
> verification process? Are you so willing to discuss this type of client
> information with anybody that asks at your place of employment?
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>It is really unfortunate that this is not a moderated group. If this group
>was moderated, we could simply delete juvenile nonsensical posts that have
>no basis in fact.


The flaming monkeys flying out of my butt says thay you are a piece of
leather.

I'm glad that they did not give out the location without a subpeona.
That's a great policy.

Infringements on privacy always start out with "good motives".

Those who sacrifice liberty for the sake of security deserve neither.

I'm glad that they did not give out the location without a subpeona.
That's a great policy.

Infringements on privacy always start out with "good motives".

Those who sacrifice liberty for the sake of security deserve neither.

"FWIW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Those who sacrifice liberty for the sake of security deserve neither.
>
You're opposed to putting people in jail, then?

>You're opposed to putting people in jail, then?

Those who sacrifice their own liberty, dillhole.

The Police and the father/mother invloved could have quickly resolved
this at the time. By getting on the line to SprintPCS and giving their
personal info password, name and address etc etc. Then the Rep would
likely have given the info immediately. The Police should have arranged
this anyway, can't have been the first such request.

My experience.
I am a Zprint customer with a family plan with multiple phones under my
name.
My daughter's car broke down while on a long journey back to NJ, She
was somewhere in North Carolina on the I95. Because the engine had
seized she was parked in a dangerous position (sliglhtly on the road).
She called me (in NJ) in obvious distress, but could not tell me her
location (and it was going dark). I called up Sprint and gave full pw
and personal details and they gave me the approx location (not a GPS
enabled phone they triangulated her location via several towers per her
last call).
Using this data we called AAA and the State Police (AAA insisted).
The good news was Sprint's help (for which I will always be grateful)
meant that 3 1/2 hours later a tow truck picked up her and the car.
Unfortunately the NC Police never "found her" and strongly told me I
was completely mistaken as to the location of the car. But enough about
their failure to help. The point is Sprint responded immediately to my
request for help and because I was the name holder and gave the PW and
personal info to identify myself.
So If you ever have such a problem (I hope you don't) get the account
holder on the line to give the proper authentication.