--- On Mon, 10/19/09, Nick FitzGerald <n...@virus-l.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Ummmm -- given the huge number of compromised client machines out
> there, and the multiplier of each such machine giving up N email
> account details (ISP, work or school, free webmail, one for most IM
> services the user is registered with, etc, etc) per legit user of the
> machine (2, 3, 4, 5, ??? per PC for a typical "home computer"), you see
> being able to "strongly authenticate" some, even any Emails
> from that system as BOTH possible and sufficiently user friendly that
> it might actually be used by more than a tiny fraction of the really
> most nerdy of IT techie types (who have other easier/more ingrained
> methods at their own disposal now)?
> Really?
Well, no. Actually, I think nothing at all is going to happen in regards to
spam (at least nothing users will notice). I think it is conceivable that
something *could* be done, but there are more hurdles than there is need for a
solution. Rich raises some more of the hurdles, and if there was any chance of
anyone doing anything I might try to tackle them, but since there isn't (and I
just don't care about spam), I won't. ;~)
> What _are_ you smoking?
A really good cuban or jamaican sound nice, but unfortunately I don't do either.
-chris
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