Internet Credibility Bureau (Re: Points on your Internet driver's license)

Mon Jun 14 03:32:51 UTC 2004

At this point, I'll settle for 10% effective or better.  I just want to
make SPAM at least as hard as Identity theft.

Owen

--On Sunday, June 13, 2004 2:57 PM -0400 John Curran <jcurran at istaff.org> 
wrote:

> You underestimate the profitability of spam and the creativity of such
> folks in filling out applications.  I do think that it's workable, but
> just don't presume that its going to be airtight.
>
> /John
>
> At 10:45 AM -0700 6/13/04, Owen DeLong wrote:
>> As I said earlier in private mail to John, I think this will only work if
>> the reporting is done on indivuduals, not companies.  For non-corporate
>> business entities, the president of the company should be used as a
>> stand-in for the company.  For corporate business entities, the CEO or
>> chairman of the board should be used.  I'm betting that spammers will
>> rapidly run out of people willing to forego future internet access in
>> the name of continuing their business fairly rapidly.
>>
>> Owen

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If it wasn't crypto-signed, it probably didn't come from me.
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