"Can you see my customer information now?" According to Crain's New York, Verizon Wireless customers who signed up for online billing services were able to peek at some details of others' accounts due to a Web site programming error:

"The flaw allowed customers who punched in another user's phone number to see how many airtime minutes that person had used, as well as the number of free minutes they had remaining for the month. Snoopers could also learn what cell phone model a customer used."

The good news, says Verizon Wireless, is that the glitch is now fixed. The bad news? Well, the glitch apparently existed for five years.