She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pretty Weird

Post by [deleted] » Fri, May 22, 2020, 11:29 AM UTC

ricardobeat wrote: post #9

gerland wrote: post #4

I heard someone found shoes that Bill Gates once wore and a gum chewed by Steve Jobs. Both became relics and worshippers write articles about this in the internet. Seriously though - would someone think it was ok if I got a number after a local bakery owner and started sharing messages that were sent to me by mistake? Is this ok because EM is a more known person? I think it still falls under privacy standards.

The messages were sent to her number. I don't think there is any privacy violation if you drop mail addressed to 'person residing at this address' at the wrong house.

Post by gerland » Fri, May 22, 2020, 11:31 AM UTC

ricardobeat wrote: post #9

gerland wrote: post #4

I heard someone found shoes that Bill Gates once wore and a gum chewed by Steve Jobs. Both became relics and worshippers write articles about this in the internet. Seriously though - would someone think it was ok if I got a number after a local bakery owner and started sharing messages that were sent to me by mistake? Is this ok because EM is a more known person? I think it still falls under privacy standards.

The messages were sent to her number. I don't think there is any privacy violation if you drop mail addressed to 'person residing at this address' at the wrong house.

Post by [deleted] » Fri, May 22, 2020, 11:34 AM UTC

gerland wrote: post #13

ricardobeat wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The messages were sent to her number. I don't think there is any privacy violation if you drop mail addressed to 'person residing at this address' at the wrong house.

I agree that there is no privacy law violation, but it is a bit distasteful. We have some implicit standards in the society and it seems those are conveniently ignored at this point. There is some excuse given in the article in the form of "he probably gives out this number to people he does not wish to talk to", which I find a bit suspicious. When I got letters to previous tenants at my current address I did not ope…

Post by ChrisMarshallNY » Fri, May 22, 2020, 11:36 AM UTC

Post by Chris2048 » Fri, May 22, 2020, 11:37 AM UTC

gerland wrote: post #4

I heard someone found shoes that Bill Gates once wore and a gum chewed by Steve Jobs. Both became relics and worshippers write articles about this in the internet. Seriously though - would someone think it was ok if I got a number after a local bakery owner and started sharing messages that were sent to me by mistake? Is this ok because EM is a more known person? I think it still falls under privacy standards.