Hello Gene,

On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:31:07 -0400 GMT (19/09/2008, 03:31 +0700 GMT),
Gene Brown wrote:

>> Yes, anything is possible for a dedicated criminal or legal agency. My
>> point was the physical access, which means somebody has to be there.
>> With hacking on the internet, the criminal can be anywhere in the
>> world.

GB> Sure, but is it worth worrying about? Y' know, I'm just a guy. I
GB> have a credit card I sometimes use online, have some mostly boring
GB> email, and visit mainly innocuous web sites. For the most part, it
GB> would be more trouble than it's worth for someone to go after this
GB> stuff.

Stealing credit card information is a million-dollar business.
However, even in that business they try to be efficient. It is much
more efficient to steal this information while being online than
having to physically go to tap every fax cable.

GB> It's not like I'm the governor of Alaska or something.

;-)

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Cheers,
Thomas.

When a clock is hungry, it goes back four seconds.
http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/

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