North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Attn MCI/UUNet - Massive abuse from your network
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 16:27:32 +0200, Brad Knowles wrote: >> It is the same way credit reporting works: you mess up, you get no>> credit. > Except then you can generate yet another fake credit card and go >on with your life. Do that a few thousand times a day, even -- no >problem. > The credit reporting scheme only works against people who are >willing to play by the rules. Even then, it only hurts the >legitimate credit card holders who don't know how to fight the system. >> Come on guys, you are all smart engineers. This is not rocket science. > > See above. Credit card fraud is a multi-billion dollar business. >When the credit card companies have figured out this problem, maybe >we can apply similar techniques to the spam problem. Please, this is trivial. You have to prove your personal identity. What many firms do is to require a bank to certify it. The credit card thievery to which you refer is done anonymously; not relevant here
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