-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article <199509201518.LAA78249@tequesta.gate.net>, liberty@gate.net (Jim Ray) wrote:
Pity they didn't ask about, "Tossing a credit card slip/carbon in the garbage." Dumpster-diving is still an effective, lo-tech attack.
Why worry about dumpster-diving? Even credit card receipts on carbonless NCR paper are prey to the hungry eyes of underpaid cashiers or the waiter who doesn't think you wrote in a big enough tip. A security scheme is no stronger than its weakest link. Even with the attack Goldberg and Wagner discovered on Netscape SSL, the weakest link in credit card transactions lies elsewhere. I find it curious that USA TODAY didn't include over-the-counter credit card transactions in its poll. Alan Bostick | Seeking opportunity to | If you don't like what you read in the news, develop multimedia content. | go out and make some of your own. Finger abostick@netcom.com | Scoop Nisker for more info and PGP public key -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.1 iQB1AgUBMGCYtOVevBgtmhnpAQF6RgL/XrkCJe6v5v6rtUmWTgB27tSmcTTkoeGj CXEQwDw5eHcxe0jfne/r2Y9wSkRZtb4psKIhwLDd3BxxuWhzdrhVcaTcInUV+gGo t4i2Td883rejgqlA4xbPWcWtd5NPSC7U =pi8V -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----