On Sun, 19 May 2002 23:00:19 -0700 Chuq Von Rospach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/19/02 10:21 PM, "JC Dill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Actually, what they need is better ANI coverage. If you can nail >> down the individual by the phone number that is used to dial into the >> ISP (to setup the account, or to login with the computer), that goes >> a LONG way towards identifying them. > Except for broadband access, corporate lan access and the exploding > wireless access point environment. Oh, and other public access > environments, like cybercafes. And that's not even counting the potential problem of SPAMmers using compromised robot/proxy systems to originate/send their mail for them. It would be a simple, even trivial enough piece of code to run a robot SPAM factory this way. Actually, thinking about it now, I'm rather surprised that we haven't seen this technique rolled out already. > Do you work on systems that involve privacy issues and non-US > consumers? Especially as concerns US vs Europe, let alone some of the non-EU countries. -- J C Lawrence ---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. [EMAIL PROTECTED] He lived as a devil, eh? http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.
