AT&T will start selling customers’ usage data

Re:AT&T will start selling customers’ usage data by recuter on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @09:50PM (#5988736)

Can you pay with cash? What personal details do you have to provide? I find burner SIMs handy to avoid marketing efforts, every time I get hassled I let it expire and pop in a fresh one. But I'm outside the US currently.

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Re:AT&T will start selling customers’ usage data by 3825 on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @10:25PM (#5988830)

I believe the poster above was talking about postpaid which I believe includes a soft pull on your credit. It is $70 a month but you still pay it at the end of the month (I assume your monthly bill could go higher if you call premium services or dial international numbers).

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Re:AT&T will start selling customers’ usage data by jrockway on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @10:54PM (#5988927)

No, I got a prepaid plan. They wanted my name, date of birth, a PIN, and $87. I used a credit card.

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Re:AT&T will start selling customers’ usage data by 3825 on Thursday July 04, 2013 @01:45PM (#5991677)

Thank you for the reply. Very interesting. Did they verify your date of birth (such as driving license)? Or just took your word for it?

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Re:AT&T will start selling customers’ usage data by jrockway on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @12:30AM (#6017449)

They just took my word for it.

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Re:AT&T will start selling customers’ usage data by runjake on Thursday July 04, 2013 @01:33AM (#5989285)

I routinely buy T-Mobile SIMs (for mobile testing, nothing nefarious) with cash without giving a name, or by giving them a not-real name. It sometimes require some real minor social engineering.

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