KYW CBS 3's Larry Mendte probed for snooping on Alycia Lane, sources say

[Jul]

For more info: http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,100886.0.html

 

[PSULuis]

What does this have to do with radio??

 

[Irishfl]

Well Larry Mendte used to appear on Kidd Chris's show. Maybe thats why? Or maybe Julius just likes starting threads for the sake of starting them...especially when its to point out that he started a thread somewhere else?

I don't know, but I do know are two replies will probably be deleted.

 

[Rockin Rob]

maybe Julius just likes starting threads for the sake of starting them...especially when its to point out that he started a thread somewhere else?

ahhh HAA haaaaaaaa, there inlays your answer....

 

[Jul]

Well Larry Mendte used to appear on Kidd Chris's show. Maybe thats why? Or maybe Julius just likes starting threads for the sake of starting them...especially when its to point out that he started a thread somewhere else?

I don't know, but I do know are two replies will probably be deleted.

Reason is that Lane is a friend with former Q-102 jock Booker and Mendte use to be on WYSP during the Kidd Chris show. Today's Inquirer article: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/fron...f_FBI_probe_into_snooping_of_Lane_e-mail.html

 

[draven]

Mendte suspended indefinitely.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/phillygossip/Mendte_suspended_indefinitely_by_CBS3_.html

 

[Jul]

KYW CBS 3's Larry Mendte taken off the air while this investigation is going on

Mendte suspended indefinitely.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/phillygossip/Mendte_suspended_indefinitely_by_CBS3_.html

CBS 3 KYW-TV has issued the following statement: "Late last week, CBS 3 became aware of an investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office regarding anchor Larry Mendte. CBS 3 is cooperating fully with that office in this matter. Mr. Mendte will not be on CBS 3's broadcasts pending further investigation." http://cbs3.com/topstories/larry.mendte.cbs.2.737862.html

 

[aunti-terrestrial]

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/19449414.html


"CBS3 anchor Larry Mendte opened former colleague Alycia Lane's private e-mail account hundreds of times over many months, sources told The Inquirer yesterday, and the FBI is investigating whether he passed on gossip about Lane to the media.
In part, federal officials are trying to determine whether Mendte intercepted communication between Lane and her lawyers about her lawsuit against CBS3, which fired her in January.

Investigators have confirmed that Mendte viewed Lane's Yahoo account, sources said. Now, the sources said, investigators are combing through the e-mails he allegedly opened to see if the content can be correlated with embarrassing leaks to the media about Lane's private life."

I've never met any of these people, but I find myself hoping the feds make an example out of this man. Obviously, he's destroyed not just one career but at least two---hers, his, and for good measure, he's cast a deep shadow on his wife's.

 

[musicbox]

First of all, how did Larry get Alycia's password? If it was given to him at some time, Alycia should have changed it when problems at the station occured. Second, it was reported that it was from her Yahoo account. Why would you use that account as your main account? The stupidity in this case is amazing.

 

[DToTheJ]

To relate this to radio a little... Can you imagine if John Debella was caught up in this kind of scandal?

Of course, he'd be accused of prying into someone's "Yazoo" account... ;D

 

[MortinTCrip]

How is this different from your employer snooping into your private e-mails. Is this pratice illegal as well?

 

[BRNout]

How is this different from your employer snooping into your private e-mails. Is this pratice illegal as well?

This involves a colleague allegedly tapping into a private email account (I think the article referred to a Yahoo email account) from his home. That's quite a different matter than having your supervisor look at your work email account from the office. If you use a company computer to access a private email account, then I think that your company may be able to monitor your actions and look at what you're seeing on the screen - but not tap into the private email account itself.

It's all moot anyhow; this would be more like the perv in the office next door using your password to check out your private stuff. It's not much different than being a peeping Tom OR tapping into someone's phone line just to snoop.

There must be something to it because the Feds are involved. Seldom would they leap into the matters of a public personality like this without feeling confident that they're onto something. But, we will all need to wait and see how this sorts out.

 

[DToTheJ]

How is this different from your employer snooping into your private e-mails. Is this pratice illegal as well?

I would say it's no different than if you're reading someone else's snail mail - that is a federal crime.

 

[carnyfeet]

How is this different from your employer snooping into your private e-mails. Is this pratice illegal as well?

Mendte did not employ Alycia Lane - CBS 3 did. And yeah, I would agree with DJ's comparison in the comparison above mine.

I don't get to go snooping through my co-worker's email (work or personal) just because I work at the same company as them, just like you don't get to sift through your neighbor's mailbox just because you live in the same apartment complex as them.

 

[aindik]

How is this different from your employer snooping into your private e-mails. Is this pratice illegal as well?

They can monitor whatever traffic you're sending over their network. They can't do very much beyond that. They can't, for example, read an e-mail you sent from your personal account while you were at home (unless you re-read it while at work).

 

[aunti-terrestrial]

It would be kind of like reading your snail mail, and then using the correspondence found within to wreck your career and reputation. It would be like reading your snail mail to and from your attorney or doctor, and then giving the information you found within to media outlets which would then broadcast them, to the detriment of your earning power and good name.

Highly unethical and illegal, besides. If the embarrassing, career-damaging media reports about her are be found to have originated from this source, I'd say the "gentleman" in question (I use that term quite broadly) should be facing legal and perhaps some very $tiff civil ramification$.

 

[musicbox]

Again, you need a password to access the e-mail. If he hacked to get it, he would be in trouble. If she gave it to him, then he was given permission to look. If at some point that permission was denied, then she should have changed the password. Don't put me on the jury, I would throw the case out as soon as it was sent to the jury to decide unless he hacked her computer to get the password.

 

[Evangelist]

I agree, musicbox. And even if he is exonerated, the damage has been done, which is what I really think Alycia and her lawyer want to do.

 

[aunti-terrestrial]

Yahoo doesn't exactly have the toughest password protection on Earth. They have a menu of routine questions (mother's maiden name, pet's name, city of birth, etc.) to choose from in order to make it easy to change your password and get a new one if you forget yours. Most, if not all, of the information needed can be gleaned during casual conversations with the person you're trying to hack.

Additionally, many people naively use the same password for all protected accounts so they only have to remember one. If she used the same password for her station Microsoft account, he may have had access to it and used it to go fishing in her personal Yahoo account from home.

Either way, just because you know I keep a spare housekey beneath my flowerpot (even if I told you where it was, once, to water my plants while I was away), it doesn't give you the right to use it to enter my home hundreds of times and go through my unmentionables drawer while I'm away---particularly if you're going to use what you find there to damage my career and earnings. It's nasty business, and I'm sad to see this sort of behavior from professionals.

 

[content]

First of all, how did Larry get Alycia's password? If it was given to him at some time, Alycia should have changed it when problems at the station occured. Second, it was reported that it was from her Yahoo account. Why would you use that account as your main account? The stupidity in this case is amazing.

Why wouldn't you use Yahoo as your main account?