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[Discuss] Phone maker settles charges it let partner collect customers' text messages



Non-competing trademarks are common.

Hi Bill!

Just because you think they are watching you doesn't mean they aren't.

- Eric "where's my anxiety meds" Chadbourne


??????? Original Message ???????

On May 1, 2018 9:57 AM, Bill Horne <bill at horne.net> wrote:

> ??
> 
> To the powers-that-be:
> 
> We must take action! The "BLU" trademark has been sullied! Who's in
> 
> charge of sending the DMCA notice?
> 
> Bill "Wait, my meds just kicked in" Horne
> 
> Phone maker settles charges it let partner collect customers' text
> 
> messages
> 
> BLU phones sent a massive amount of data to firmware and data-mining
> 
> provider.
> 
> https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/phone-maker-settles-charges-it-let-partner-collect-customers-text-messages/
> 
> Discuss mailing list
> 
> Discuss at blu.org
> 
> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss





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