> We are all adults. I
> think the exact analogy in the real world is a restaurant or similar
> which puts up signs stating things like
>
> "Bag snatchers operate in this area. Please do not leave your bag
> unattended"
> or
> "Please be careful of your valuables while in this shop, as thefts d
>SHOULD ALL EGOLD RELATED SITES DO THIS?
Certainly not! If people are told quite clearly by both E-Gold and
the site they are joining not to do something as it is unsafe, yet
they do it anyway, on their own heads be it. We are all adults. I
think the exact analogy in the real world is a restau
> THE GOLDDATE SERVER COULD IN FACT EASILY GO TO THE EGOLD SERVER, AT
> THAT MOMENT, AND *TRY TO LOG IN AS THE PERSON*
>
> .. to CHECK whether the person was foolish enough to use their egold
> password as their GoldDate password.
The developer could offer that as a free service.
"Check
>Here's the moral solution: Inform people about basic password security,
>encourage them to take personal responsibility for their own affairs,
>_expect_ them to take personal responsibility for their own affairs, and
>when they don't, feel sorry for them but hope they learned and don't pretend
>
I was a little surprised to see you write this.
Why stop at E-Gold sites? Lots of people use the same passphrase (password
in many sad cases) for all their e-mail accounts, their work login, their
online bank accounts, and so on and so forth. Should my regular ISP's e-mail
server try to log in to
