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by eterm 3893 days ago
Even if they used a real Employee ID, would it be better?

The barrier to entry to become a Verizon employee is lower than the barrier to obtaining this info should be.

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Fun fact: The telco's have the notion of a "VIP" customer where their information is restricted to a very small group of customer service reps who are trained to protect their privacy.

Their clients usually include celebs, pro athletes, etc... I'm surprised that the CIA chief isn't on that tier.

Isn't this basically the telcos admitting they don't protect the privacy of "normal" customers?
No, it's understanding that different customers have different risk profiles and using that information to deploy your security resources efficiently. Verified accounts on Twitter use the same concept... not everybody needs that.

It would be nice to be able to purchase this kind of thing directly though.

How do you become a VIP? Can you just ask? Do all the Michael Jordans just get to share automatic VIP status with the MJ?
A real employee ID could at least be verified.

> The barrier to entry to become a Verizon employee is lower than the barrier to obtaining this info should be.

The problem with this approach is that it leaves a pretty clear trail. At best you need to hand the customer info off to someone else with no obvious ties and claim you were social-engineered in giving up your employee id. Also you can really only do this once.