, 2006-09-19
Mark Rasch details the legality of pretexting by putting it in context with how it used, comparing it with legal forms of lying, and by looking at previous court cases involving pretexting in the United States. Hewlett Packard's use of pretexting also brings up potential charges of criminal fraud, violations of consumer protection laws, issues of deception, and the use of spyware. Together these issues make for a very interesting legal situation at HP.
Mark D. Rasch
http://news.com.com/HP+targeted+reporters+before+they+publis
hed+-+page+2/2100-1014_3-6117497-2.html?tag=st.numan . . . an HP investigator posing as a tipster began e-mailing Kawamoto [the CNET reporter], starting with a Jan. 27 e-mail from a Hotmail acco...
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