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Ringing into someones voicemail

  • 11-01-2008 4:49pm
    #1
    brightkane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,728 ✭✭✭


    Hi there,
    A friend of mine rang into someones voicemail by putting a 5 after the prefix and before the number. This person didnt have voicemail activated but seemily if you do this with vodafone it activates the voicemail for the future.

    This person is now seeking legal advice as my friend went into his voicemail and left him a message, nothing deflamatory. he didnt mess with settings or anything lilke that.

    Does the other person have a case, hes saying it was an invasion of his privacey and personal voicemail.

    Thanks


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  • #2
    grumpytrousers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,884 ✭✭✭grumpytrousers


    *not legal advice - just general cop on*

    course he doesn't have a case; i've been leaving messages on peoples phones since 1997 by sticking a 5 in front of their number and it's common practise for people who want to leave messages for people they don't want to talk to.

    but - the issue raised is interesting...if A purchases a mobile phone with the number 086 123 4567, and delays in setting up the voicemail on it by setting a password for external access, then any amount of mischief can be caused by persons of a malevlolent nature. What should happen is that the mobile companies should (and correct me if i'm wrong on this) actually place a password on your voicemail ab initio that would be known only to you, in the same way as, say, your self service password on Vodafone...


  • #3
    jackhammer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92 ✭✭jackhammer


    Your friend has nothing to worry about. He only left a message

    it's illegal to access the other messages left on the other person's phone. This is done by entering that person's pin (or the default one if s/he didn't set one up).


  • #4
    brightkane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,728 ✭✭✭brightkane


    thats what I thought, thanks folks


  • #5
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    It's a publically-accessible telephone number provided de facto with every mobile phone subscription in the country. The ability to dial a 5 first is neither private nor kept quiet. The mobile companies will tell you that you can do this.
    As said, if there had been an attempt to access the messages, then it would be a breach of privacy.


  • #6
    randomer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭randomer


    jackhammer wrote: »
    it's illegal to access the other messages left on the other person's phone. This is done by entering that person's pin (or the default one if s/he didn't set one up).

    Here is a good link which discusses it:

    http://www.tjmcintyre.com/2006/06/does-irish-law-protect-your-voicemail.html


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