Great, so now I have to count on Mr. Legere's judgment of whether a given middleman is "shady".
Why is it legal for these companies to sell our data to anyone? This is nuts.
Why is it legal for these companies to sell our data to anyone? This is nuts.
Then in 2017 Congress voted to overturn those rules and prevent the FCC from implementing them in the future in a party-line vote in the House and Senate.
Adding further insult to injury, the current FCC chairman, Ajit Pai, represented Securus (the company that sparked this revelation) in 2012 as an attorney.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/for-sale-your-pr...
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/verizon-and-att-...
Beyond that? It all looks pretty shady, and I'm afraid this is one case where the slippery slope concept applies very strongly.