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.

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J C Lawrence                
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