Well, the original sender of this is actually anything but "Joe Six-Pack"; his taste in beer is well-developed, and he's no moron. This is, however, an interesting take on the Netscape thing from a non-cypherpunk. He came across the Community ConneXion press release and responded: ------- start of forwarded message (RFC 934 encapsulation) ------- From: XXXXX Subject: Re: Fwd: HackNetscape promotion (fwd)
For Immediate Release Contact: sameer@c2.org 510-601-9777
COMMUNITY CONNEXION OFFERS REWARD FOR EXPOSING ENCRYPTION FLAWS
Sept 19 1995 - Community ConneXion ...
Am I the only one who finds this silly? All this fuss about credit card encryption is such BS. My totally unencrypted credit card number is in the hands of brain-dead minimum-wage waitrons and green-haired retail clerks dozens of times a week with no encryption. Gas station attendants, restaurant clerks, supermarkets and banks have the number, and an unscrupulous type could use it and hose me at any time. I've had credit cards for 15 years and nothing like that has ever happened. If it does, I'm out $50 and a bunch of pain in the butt phone calls. So the thought of some geek with a LAN sniffer and too much time on his hands sucking simply encrypted numbers off the internet does not exactly make my heart go pitter-pat. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Nobody's going to listen to you if you just | Mike McNally (m5@tivoli.com) | | stand there and flap your arms like a fish. | Tivoli Systems, Austin TX | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~