At 11:18 PM -0400 5/23/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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I'd echo Jay's thoughts, I'm especially begging everyone to
click on this URL and read it carefully!
>* * * * * *
>the advice given here should be followed when possible:
>http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0105.html#8
>* * * * * *
and I'll add a few things.
1. JP, you da MAN! (I haven't said that lately, but in addition to
writing http://interestingsoftware.com/pin-selects.html he also
managed to explain WHY the charts usually work to me in a
way that even I understood!).
2. Multiple pass(words/phrases) mean multiple opportunities-
to-forget-them, in my experience and that of the hard-working
and usually-under-appreciated e-gold pass-phrase team.
Hopefully, folks who've waded through the messages (huh?
None of you were watching the last Voyager tonight?) will do
themselves a favor, and log into their e-gold accounts in the
"account info" section, and MAKE SURE all account info is
complete and up to date, with a complete and accurate mail
address! Add fax/alternate-phone numbers (especially fax!)
and in the areas like "additional description" put identifying
and unique information like:
My favorite kittycat's name is
Boomer T. Kitty.
Passphrases are a security issue, but imagine being on the
passphrase team, having to deal with a perturbed person, in
a polite way, while understanding the potential for abuse or
fraud at the same time. These guys (and girl) have ONLY
the data that WE GIVE THEM. A blank line tells NOTHING!
Boomer T. Kitty (who I'll be visiting next week!) is hardly a
nothing -- he's something!
Imagine being in someone else's shoes, trying to protect an
angry version of you from (yourself? a crook? Who knows!!)
when-not-if you forget your passphrase. The job IS NOT fun,
but you can make it easier with very little effort now. Thanks
for using e-gold, and keep the good ideas coming!
JMR
"e-gold is to 'money' what email is to letters." -- JP May
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