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List:       best-of-security
Subject:    Re: BoS: FW: FV Demonstrates Fatal Flaw in Softwa
From:       Julian Assange <proff () suburbia ! net>
Date:       1996-02-08 4:24:37
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> gregg@smtpgate.Disclosure.COM Wrote ...
> > 
> > W'that in mind shouldn't you also never give your credit card number
> > over the phone?  Or, to a store clerk? (hey, you can't trust just *any*
> > punkkid).  Or mail it?  (mail *can be* stolen, too.)  lessee... I can
> > probably drum up a few more...
> 
> That's the whole point, really. And in Australia it would seem that you are
> even more protected from electronic theft than physical theft. In any
> fraudulent transacation not requiring a signature, the card owner is
> liable for only the first $50 or $80 (can't remember which).
> 
> Take a read of the Dilbert carton from January 19 1996.
> 
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This does NOT belong in best-of-security!


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