Re: Question on the state of the security industry (second half not necessarily on topic)

2004-07-09 Thread Matt Blaze
On Jul 3, 2004, at 14:22, Dave Howe wrote: Well if nothing else, it is impossible for my bank to send me anything I would believe via email now To take this even slightly more on-topic - does anyone here have a bank capable of authenticating themselves to you when they ring you? I have had f

Re: Question on the state of the security industry (second half not necessarily on topic)

2004-07-08 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jason H olt writes: > >[...] > >I had the same question about the NSA when some friends were interviewing >there. Apparently investigators will just show up at your house and want to >know all sorts of things about your friends, who you may or may not know to be >i

Re: Question on the state of the security industry (second half not necessarily on topic)

2004-07-07 Thread Jason Holt
On Sun, 4 Jul 2004, Ed Reed wrote: > I recently had the same trouble with the Centers for Disease Control > (CDC) - who were calling around to followup on infant influenza > innoculations given last fall. > > Ultimately, they wanted me to provide authorization to them to receive > HIPPA protecte

Re: Question on the state of the security industry (second half not necessarily on topic)

2004-07-04 Thread Ed Reed
I recently had the same trouble with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) - who were calling around to followup on infant influenza innoculations given last fall. Ultimately, they wanted me to provide authorization to them to receive HIPPA protected patient records from my son's pediatrician, and

Re: Question on the state of the security industry (second half not necessarily on topic)

2004-07-04 Thread Dave Howe
Joseph Ashwood wrote: I am continually asked about spam, and I personally treat phishing as a subset of it, but I have seen virtually no interest in correcting the problem. I have personally been told I don't even know how many times that phishing "is not an issue." Well if nothing else, it is impo

Re: Question on the state of the security industry (second half not necessarily on topic)

2004-07-01 Thread Joseph Ashwood
- Original Message - From: "Ian Grigg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Question on the state of the security industry > Here's my question - is anyone in the security > field of any sort of repute being asked about > phishing, consulted about solutions, contracted > to build? Anything? I