On 6/8/2014 4:18 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 6:10 AM, Jerry Stuckle <jstuc...@attglobal.net> wrote: >>> But hopefully it won't ever come to the point of mattering. It really >>> is silly when people start trying to spoof other people's emails. >>> >> >> Chris, >> >> It's more than silly. In many countries (including the United States), >> it can be considered identity theft, which is a federal crime. > > Hmm, I'm not absolutely sure that using a fake name in an email header > would count as identity theft. But what I meant was how silly it is to > have to worry about that. Murder's a crime, too, but I would consider > it pretty silly if we had to concern ourselves with the possibility > that some other debian-user contributor would show up on our doorsteps > with an axe. We should not have to be considering such ridiculous > possibilities. > > ChrisA > >
The way the law is written in the U.S., it is (and has been prosecuted as such). It is considered no different than using someone else's name when applying for a loan, for instance. Jerry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5394c926.6070...@attglobal.net