phishing: catch and release

Major Variola (ret) mv at cdc.gov
Tue Jul 20 21:03:40 PDT 2004


At 08:41 AM 7/19/04 -0700, James A. Donald wrote:
>And as Hettinga predicted, the more anonymous and irreversible the
>transaction service, the cheaper and more convenient its services.
>All happening as predicted.

D'uh.

>So why don't we have anonymous chaumian cash by now?

USPTO

>Observe Tim May, who mistook e-gold phishing spam mail for the real
>thing.

Interesting if true, but only your assertion.  I know not the man.

Phishing relies on humans being stupid.  Half are below average, by
definition,
you know.  Bait is cheap.  The net is not meant for commerce.  Dig?





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