On Sun, 19 May 2002 23:00:19 -0700
Chuq Von Rospach <chuqui@plaidworks.com> wrote:
> On 5/19/02 10:21 PM, "JC Dill" <inet-list@vo.cnchost.com> wrote:
>> Actually, what they need is better ANI coverage. If you can nail
>> down the individual by the phone number that is used to dial into the
>> ISP (to setup the account, or to login with the computer), that goes
>> a LONG way towards identifying them.
> Except for broadband access, corporate lan access and the exploding
> wireless access point environment. Oh, and other public access
> environments, like cybercafes.
And that's not even counting the potential problem of SPAMmers using
compromised robot/proxy systems to originate/send their mail for them.
It would be a simple, even trivial enough piece of code to run a robot
SPAM factory this way. Actually, thinking about it now, I'm rather
surprised that we haven't seen this technique rolled out already.
> Do you work on systems that involve privacy issues and non-US
> consumers?
Especially as concerns US vs Europe, let alone some of the non-EU
countries.
--
J C Lawrence
---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas.
claw@kanga.nu He lived as a devil, eh?
http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.
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