On Mon, 2012-08-27 at 16:37 +0000, Paul's unattended mail wrote: > On 2012-08-27, Adam Tauno Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, and why this whole notion of hidden and revolving and multiple > > addresses is just stupid; > Certainly not. The rule of least privilege is state of the art. The > philosophy is held in high regard by everyone sufficiently > knowledgeable about network security.
Really... it is mocked in my knowledgeable circles! That is "security through obscurity". It is a dumb idea. Changing your address is not "least privilege" at all, it is just obscurity. > > suddenly it is very difficult for me to contact someone I have a > > legitimate reason to communicate with. > How so? If it's difficult for you, you have a broken or inadequite > tool. A proper tool enables you to supply whatever email address is > appropriate (which is not necessarily your internal address). No, the person I want to communicate with has changed their e-mail address... that has nothing to do with the tool. My messages to them either disappears into the ether, or bounces. Communication then has failed. > > I've had the address [email protected] for decades, never > > hidden it, it is published *everywhere* from PDF files to Usenet > > groups to mail list archives. The SPAM level is pretty minimal. > This is because you've been forced to use an aggressive email firewall > (whether you know it or not). If you need that kind of defense, > you've already screwed up on the disclosure. I don't fear disclosure. I want disclosure. HERE I AM! If you have something interesting to say - send it my way. If you are a real end-user the probability you will get blocked by the 'e-mail firewall' is extremely low. > Indeed, it's easy for simple users, but advanced users have better > options. Although I have spamassasin score my email, it rarely finds > anything malicious -- thanks to the rule of least privilege ensuring > that spam doesn't come in the first place. And that it is very hard for anyone to contact you; which introduces more of an impediment to communication than anything the EFF is whinging about. The EFF frequently borders on delusion regarding how users will use their computers; if they completely have their way everyone will be driven to proprietary services because the Open services will be impossibly tedious.
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