Isaac Abraham said,
Are there enough Re's in the subject header yet?
>>It would be totally trivial to write a script that read a list of
>>logon/password pairs, connected to each mailbox, downloaded the mail
>>(leaving it on the server so you didn't know anything was wrong) and
>>then scanned the downloaded file for key phrases, like passwords,
>>credit card numbers etc.
> Neil, you're scaring me now!
That's the idea. If you don't appreciate the harm a compromised
password can do, you won't have good reason to make sure it doesn't
happen.
> All this stuff makes me afraid to do anything
> on the internet now! Stop it!
No! Not looking after passwords is the Internet equivalent of going
out and leaving your front door key under the mat.
Neil
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