-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Rich Burroughs wrote:
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 09:50:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Rich Burroughs <richieb@teleport.com> To: cypherpunks@toad.com Subject: Re: Oregon License Plate Site in the News Tonight!
On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Declan McCullagh wrote:
Looks like we're a little late. However, we can still grab the tape from Oregon's DMV for $220. It would be an interesting excercise to try to get these tapes from each state with similar provisions and put them all online.
This information has been available in Oregon for at least a couple of years on CD. I've always been concerned about the privacy implications of that service -- perhaps that's the upside of this story? That people do give a rat's ass about their privacy?
I do think that the information should be able to be disseminated on the Net as long as it's legal.
Yes, but I can also see why its a bad idea to put somebody's VIN on the Net... A clever terrorist would simply plant peices of metal with some other loser's VIN's in their car before blowing up a building, (i.e. my name's McVeigh (sp?), and this rider truck came from Oregon ;)... see my point? I do think that some information could be allowed (what your tag says, your name, your mailing address), but what was put on he net was excesive. --Deviant Horse racing *is* a stable business ... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBMgreiTAJap8fyDMVAQHVawf/Txcu6RrhfLvx1kW3Z1VKXmzcP/AeDaeB 2VkEsicQ6xIeHHCUqrE88gJyEVdk8LXRg9wD2OQQObeQUtt6kjAyyxF4QlRz8zVC EkgD4LAlgSfK/JErkO9rHuYutRc2FFtccd48GilQXTDBQWNLJWojLuObdqnxkT5s zQDaLvVyy5p4bN2QN76nH+RnAoin+guyEl9EG4TBPo17uY2rIwt3NkTGIfASiKL5 46ugaobiE3Hmaw3GW3YR4nyva35ur3BwAo4uOmfyqsU3MEZx6SoGQpQlzIWDPqwa T73LplenMei1oTCTssQzF4YODHkqVv0u1uNpVI3GXJgwNKupfMOOtA== =Z9sz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----