Re: Internet Credibility Bureau (Re: Points on your Internet driver's license)
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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 -- If it wasn't crypto-signed, it probably didn't come from me. pgpQR4eejsdpl.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Internet Credibility Bureau (Re: Points on your Internet driver's license)
Also the problem of off shoring spam probably should be taken into consideration. No matter how good the plan is if a country is willing not to enforce it there will be a problem. I read a study recently that analyzed where spam destination sites were hosted (where the link in the spam message takes you) and 70% was in China. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2004/tc20040517_1934_tc058.htm - Original Message - From: John Curran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, June 13, 2004 2:57 pm Subject: Internet Credibility Bureau (Re: Points on your Internet driver's license) > > 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 > >
Internet Credibility Bureau (Re: Points on your Internet driver's license)
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
