32 Quotes by Chris Hoofnagle

There are no laws that stop the government from looking at that info.

There are established legal procedures for obtaining phone records that provide checks against improper access. These legal procedures allow fast access to phone record for law enforcement and provide accountability. That's what missing here, the accountability.

We're arguing that it is creating a national ID system.

The problem with privacy cases is that most privacy plaintiffs have to give up their privacy. In order to sue you have to show up in court and show that they used your phone records.

One of the problems of the advertising-supported system is it's built for advertising, not people.

I am kind of perplexed by their argument, ... You have a federally mandated program, created with federal dollars, but the states are issuing it. The states are not deciding anything, so I am not really sure how it is not a federal ID when the federal government makes all the decisions.

There is huge pressure from industry to get Congress to preempt state data breach notice laws. It's quite a mess now.

It clearly can be dangerous for some people to have this information. Imagine how costly exposure of these records could be for a business executive whose list of calls is obtained by a competitor. There can be real harm.

I think this could be a very interesting way to deal with the telemarketing issue for consumers.