I'm still not sure I believe this. On the other hand, in our hyper-materialist, consumer-oriented society ...
It seems there is this site called Blippy, at http://blippy.com/ . It is for discussing what you bought. Except that there can't be much discussion, since it is modelled on Twitter, and presumably has a similar size limit on postings. In order to make it easier to discuss what you bought, you can link it to your credit or debit card, and what you bought, and where, will automatically be posted. It also apparently posts cash advances and withdrawals. Are these people *insane*? And, if so, how long do they have to be off their meds before the credit cards are cancelled? Even if they don't show your credit card number, the pattern of purchases is a fraudster or ID thief's dream come true. When you are calling to report a lost card, or a problem with it, one of the standard questions that you get is about recent purchases. It would also be great for spear phishing and other targetted attacks: you bought X, would you like the extended warranty/necessary service/mailing list for upgrades for that? Just enter your credit card details on our site. http://ecreditdaily.com/2010/01/report-credit-card-twitter-ripe-phishing-attacks/ I've tried to sign up on the site, in order to find out whether this is true. So far I got stuck before I could complete the process. So, maybe that is a safety feature: the site doesn't work. (Or, maybe it only works with IE. Yet another reason to use Firefox.) ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] As I said before, I never repeat myself victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm blog.isc2.org/isc2_blog/slade/index.html http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ http://twitter.com/NoticeBored http://twitter.com/rslade _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
