That's funny =]
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003 04:47:56 -0800
Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 12:06:09PM -0800, Tim Howe wrote:
> > I work at an ISP. People have tried stuff like this. We laugh.
> > Perhaps most ISP employees are much more gullible than we are? We
> > di
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 12:06:09PM -0800, Tim Howe wrote:
> I work at an ISP. People have tried stuff like this. We laugh.
> Perhaps most ISP employees are much more gullible than we are? We
> didn't even want to give this info to the Secret Service when they
> wanted it one time. We only did a
And to add another aspect...
Maybe your privacy is less threatened by individuals such as the one
attempting step (1)-(4) than BigBrother himself:
See quote below from http://www.google-watch.org/krane.html
They ask some reasonable questions:
- Why does google need a cookie that doesn't expires
I work at an ISP. People have tried stuff like this. We laugh. Perhaps most ISP
employees are much more gullible than we are? We didn't even want to give this info
to the Secret Service when they wanted it one time. We only did after we realized
they wouldn't be able to do anything with it
Harald Sundt wrote:
> 5) Then post on Usenet the person's name, address, date of birth,
> Social Security Number, and driver's license number.
>
> 6) The final result is that the person will then realize how important
> privacy is.
Step 6 does not follow from step 5. Lots of people just don't c
Title: Naked on the Net (you guys already KNEW
this!)
Can it REALLY be this easy?
Hal
Quote:
I can't see the
posts you're responding to (since I surf here through
Google Groups), but if some troll doesn't understand the need for
privacy, it's easy to convince them otherwise. Here's how to do
