Rick,
My goal was not to create an AOL boycott, but rather figure out how to
deal with the issue of security. On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 22:06, Rick Updegrove wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ATD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 6:20 PM > Subject: [Full-Disclosure] AOL refuses to help AIM users > > AOL does not care about AOL's paying customers. What makes you think they > care about AIM users? > > FYI: > > If you have an old computer laying around with AOL installed and you give it > away to a poor family to help their children and one of those children > discover that AOL icon and click it, a message pops up saying "Would you > like to reactivate this screen name? (providing the password is stored - a > very common occurance)" This means that anyone, including a your child can > simply click "ok" and YOUR credit card will begin to be billed each month > without your consent or knowledge. > > If that is not bad enough, ANYONE can then "spin off" (an AOL term) another > account, which means YOUR credit card will then get double billed, one bill > for each account. > > According to AOL this is "legal and acceptable". > > When will people realize that AOL is not worth the effort and begin blocking > ALL AOL e-mail and proxy servers? > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html -- ATD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Secure Network Operations, Inc.
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