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Re: SOI: identity protection and DOS
On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 01:14:13PM -0800, Michael Thomas wrote:
> Henry Spencer writes:
> > On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Michael Thomas wrote:
> > > ...In the particular example given, if my
> > > national identity smart card gave away all sorts
> > > of private information to any merchant who asked,
> > > why should I have any belief that that information
> > > will remain private?
> >
> > Do you expect that your credit-card numbers will remain private, even
> > though you give them to any merchant you deal with? Sure you do! You
> > may not bet your life on it, but you do bet your credit rating on it.
>
> Actually, I don't. Credit cards are completely insecure and
> the only reason that I use them is that the credit card
> company is willing to take the hit for fraud, not me.
Since you are quite comfortable with credit card companies taking the
hit for fraud, then I expect to see your credit card number published on
your personal web page. ;-)
> Mike
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