Anne Lynn Wheeler wrote:
issues did start showing up in the mid-90s in the corporate world ...
there were a large number of former gov. employees starting to show up
in different corporate security-related positions (apparently after
being turfed from the gov). their interests appeared to
There are two sides to the voice phishing here -
- getting the target to call a phone number you've emailed him
- using cheap voice calls to call the target with your offer.
VOIP doesn't affect the former case much,
since the target is paying for the call,
but it does separate callee geography
The US government wants to intervene to request dismissal of EFF's
lawsuit against ATT -- the one alleging that it violated federal law
by permitting warrantless wiretapping.
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004612.php
One wonders what sort of state secret could still be secret here now
* Hadmut Danisch:
The only precise definition I found is in a law dictionary where it is
defined as a legal term.
The OED might also be helpful:
B. [...] 2. a. A chief actor or doer; the chief person engaged in
some transaction or function, esp. in relation to one employed by or
acting
