Re: Identity Theft (was: CRIME Computers vulnerable at Oregon department)

From: Crispin Cowan (crispin@private)
Date: Fri Sep 27 2002 - 02:41:12 PDT

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    Greg Jorgensen wrote:
    
    >> The neat thing about my Swiftian proposal is that it doesn't actually 
    >> require any laws. It just says "We are going to devistate this 
    >> despicable practice on this date ..." and watch people scramble. 
    >> There's no way to stop it, short of legal prohibition against the 
    >> publication.
    >>
    >> Come to think of it, we don't even need the State to do it at all. 
    >> All it takes is some civil disobedience to publish a web site on an 
    >> off-shore host that gives out as many SSC's as possible, and make 
    >> sure it gets a lot of press.
    >
    >
    > I don't know you. If we go back to Orange Alert Status tomorrow I will 
    > blame you. ;-)
    
    Uh, yeah :)
    
    In case it was unclear, I have no intent or capability to deploy the 
    Swiftian plan. The only social security number I can reliably remember 
    is my own, and I'm not about to disclose it.
    
    Crispin
    
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