[48516] in Cypherpunks
Re: FV Demonstrates Fatal Flaw in Software Encryption of Credit Cards
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matts Kallioniemi)
Mon Jan 29 16:40:19 1996
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 22:31:03 +0100
To: Nathaniel Borenstein <nsb@nsb.fv.com>, cypherpunks@toad.com
From: mka@pobox.com (Matts Kallioniemi)
At 15.07 1996-01-29 -0500, Nathaniel Borenstein wrote:
>NEVER TYPE YOUR CREDIT CARD NUMBER INTO A COMPUTER.
This problem is greatly exagerated. The software simply won't be running in
the average users machine.
If the program propagates like a virus, it will soon be catched and killed
by the anti-virus utilities that any responsible user is already running on
a regular basis.
If you have to start the program for it to do its magic, then just don't
start it. Todays computer users should know that running software you don't
trust is generally a bad idea. That's how you get a virus in the machine in
the first place...
Come on Nathaniel, admit it, it's a scam to sell FV's expensive services!
matts
