full-disclosure - Has Verisign time arrived ?

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Message-ID: <019701c38a07$36a34620$531efea9@stickslinger>
From: nodialtone at comcast.net (Byron Copeland)
Subject: Has Verisign time arrived ?

 
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If you build it, they will come.

Cut the crapola... I think you're in denial.  Where is there a privacy issue here?

- -- "I always wonder why people choose to support MS and then complain about all of these issues that are known in advance."

 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan A. Zdziarski [mailto:jonathan@...learelephant.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 6:57 PM
> To: Byron Copeland
> Cc: 'Frank Knobbe'; full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
> Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] Has Verisign time arrived ?
> 
> The issue isn't the service itself...the issue is the large number of
> privacy violations combined with Verisign's anti-competitive history
> (http://www.nuclearelephant.com/papers/verisign.html).  Is catching a
> type-o really worth the risk of your personal information, passwords,
> session ids, and addresses of the people you email getting out to
> marketing agencies?  I think not.
> 
> A type of type-o catch is a great idea, and should definitely be
> implemented __as a software solution__ in web browsers...where it
> doesn't affect the entire Internet community, and there is less of a
> privacy risk.  Then, any privacy issues you DO have can be easily
> remedied by using a better browser.
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> 
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> > Truly sad.  I personally liked the service... I'm prone to typoz (did I
> mean typos?) with every sentence I write.
> >
> > - -- "I always wonder why people choose to support MS and then complain
> about all of these issues that are known in advance."


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