I wrote:
I do think that the information should be able to be disseminated on the Net as long as it's legal.
"The Deviant" wrote:
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?
A clever terrorist could get the CD and do the same thing :) They're clever, right?
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.
That's a function of what information the State decides to make availble. The fact that it's on the Net or not shoudln't be the issue. If I can buy it on a CD or march into a State office and get it, the same potential harms exist. I persoannly think this info is a privacy threat. But if it's legal to distribute in other forums, the Net should be no different, IMHO. All Net terrorist hype aside. Rich ______________________________________________________________________ Rich Burroughs richieb@teleport.com http://www.teleport.com/~richieb See my Blue Ribbon Page at http://www.teleport.com/~richieb/blueribbon New EF zine "cause for alarm" - http://www.teleport.com/~richieb/cause