The funny thing about the DMV list is that nothing happened until some guy put the whole CD online and made it available for query. It was funny to sit there and watch the Governor demand that it be taken offline but he had zero power to take it offline. The guy agreed to take it offline if they passed a law and they finally did but as stated below, it's so watered down, it's not much of a deterrent to getting the data. I've been tempted to pay for a biz license and get the CD because my "business" has a business interest(Uhhh....I'm a telemarketing firm..that's it). Post it on some server overseas and watch them freak out. Maybe start out by only allowing certain fields to be seen. That's really the only way our worthless Legislature is going to do anything about it. Not that it's going to help....it seems like every week some crank addict is getting arrested for identity theft with a few CD's of DMV records. Is it a coincidence that Oregon is one of the top states for ID theft? From: Alan <alan@private>@cs.pdx.edu on 09/25/2002 07:48 PM Sent by: owner-crime@private To: "T. Kenji Sugahara" <sugahara@private> cc: Andrew Plato <aplato@private>, Crime List <crime@private> bcc: Subject: Re: CRIME Computers vulnerable at Oregon department On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 22:59, T. Kenji Sugahara wrote: > Risk management needs to be all over this issue. Identity thieves have > already been caught with copies of DMV records on CD. What's next? > Each breach could cost the state millions with ensuing litigation. The DMV records situation is an interesting issue. When those records first appeared on CD, there was a big stink about it. They tried to restrict the records. (Seems just about anyone can get a copy just by providing media and a small fee.) You know who pretty much killed that idea? Lobbying by the mass mailing companies. It is one of the biggest sources for their mailing lists. Now they just restrict it to "people with a legitimate interest". (Whatever the hell that means.) -- Alan <alan@private> =========================================================================== IMPORTANT NOTICE: This communication, including any attachment, contains information that may be confidential or privileged, and is intended solely for the entity or individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message is strictly prohibited. Nothing in this email, including any attachment, is intended to be a legally binding signature.
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