On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 1:36 AM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Your account may be able to do relatively little damage, but what > about someone who has more access? > Fair point. > Then you also have the possibility of collecting large amounts of > account details, since almost everything is still sent in the clear, > what if they have a lot of accounts, how easy would that be to revert? > That situation exists already. Nothing is stopping someone from signing up for thousands of accounts then using them all simultaneously. If you want to talk about lax bank security I can give you a few <snip> > No, I don't want to talk about lax bank security. If encrypted connections are so over rated, <snip> > Keep it relevant to OSM, thanks. I asked the specific question: is OSM security important? Steve
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