Senate Bill Targets Phishers

Senate Bill Targets Phishers
David McGuire, Washington Post 2004-07-12

Internet scam artists who use fake Web sites to dupe people into revealing sensitive financial information could face up to five years in jail and forced to pay $250,000 in fines under a bill introduced late last week in the Senate.

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Senate Bill Targets Phishers 2004-07-13
Rob (1 replies)

Since the majority of phising exploits come out of Russia or Asia, I fail to see how US legislation is anything more than a feel-good response.

Banks should be legislated to provide greater security around their authentication methods. Malls have been sucesfully sued when patrons are robbed bec...

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Senate Bill Targets Phishers 2004-07-15
Max

Well I could say that my comp is somewhat secured. But I would not dare to enter any info related to financial topics yet(ie. Credit Card, Bank account, etc.).

Maybe once thumbprint scanner or such will be available to the common web user I will reconsider. Even tho SSL, IPSEC, Encryption and ...

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Senate Bill Targets Phishers 2004-07-14
BDDave

I agree with you Rob but I worry about some of my friends and relatives, they are like young children playing ball on a busy street. The ease at which my mother-in-law (God love her) is able to logs on to the Internet every night is a tribute to the process of technology to the masses. But how do I ...

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