The essence of the identity check is to reinforce a false idea of permission.
Bastardy, gambling, changing employers without permission, false pretense, "selling cotton after sunset": these were all grounds for arrest in rural Alabama by 1890.
In 1999, civil rights activist Rosa Parks filed a lawsuit against OutKast for the song "Rosa Parks", claiming that the song used her name without her permission, constituting false advertising and an infringement on her right to publicity, in addition to defamation of character.
In effect each of these applications has acted as a Trojan Horse, getting install permissions under false pretenses only to pull the bait-and-switch later on.
"It was a violation of policy as it relates to entering a house without permission and making a false statement to a supervisor," he told the New York Daily News.
The suit alleged that the defendants had caused Savage financial damage by interfering with his relationship with advertisers, had used material from The Michael Savage Show without permission, and had spread "false and malicious" information about Savage.
The F.B.I. and the Justice Department have acknowledged a pattern of cases before the Bush administration in which bureau agents offered false information to the wiretap court in seeking permission to conduct surveillance of American citizens and foreign residents.
The charges included disseminating false information harmful to Egypt, accepting foreign donations without government permission and embezzling donated money.
It cites court cases, and says it is important to avoid using Mrs. Cheney's "name and picture for purposes of trade" without her permission, and important "to avoid portraying her in a false light".
Around the same time, officials at a library in Pittsburgh complained that Mr. Sproul's company had used false pretenses — claiming to represent the nonpartisan America Votes — to get permission to set up a voter registration desk outside their building.
