[876] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: Java and trojans: any last words before Netscape 2.0 is out?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian W. Spolarich)
Wed Sep 20 16:32:35 1995
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 13:28:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Brian W. Spolarich" <briansp@umich.edu>
To: David Orchard <orchard@mda.ca>
cc: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <9509201542.AA07863@mda.ca>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
On Wed, 20 Sep 1995, David Orchard wrote:
> Agreed. I find it astounding that so many people are concerned that a single
> e-mail could be cracked in 8 days to retrieve a credit card number, yet almost
> every day people use their credit card number in payment for services. If
> somebody wanted to get credit card numbers, it would be easier to root through
> garbage and collect receipts. Plus the rooter would get a sample of the
> signature.
Beyond that, merchant fraud is not uncommon. People don't read their
statements very carefully.
And who knows what Judy at Time-Life Books does with my CC# when I hang
up the phone? :-]
-brian
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Brian W. Spolarich briansp@umich.edu
Gale Research (800) 877-GALE x1021
Internet Publishing Specialist http://galenet.gale.com/
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