, 2005-04-18
Misuse of database information by insiders happens everyday, and there's little we can do about it.
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Watching the Watchers
, 2005-04-18 Misuse of database information by insiders happens everyday, and there's little we can do about it.
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Dear Come F. On!
I really sorry to burst your bubble: worst of people working in IT are more decent then best marketing guys.
Case in point: recently, just for my own private fun, I clicked on phishing e-mail. I dutifully filled all the data (bogus name, SSN, account number), but gave the sucker a real physical address (my old POB that I'm rarely using but still keeping), a real e-mail address (set for this particular purpose). In two weeks time, I've got in this mailbox a couple of credit card offered to my fictitiuos "phishing victim". I do not want to disclose the names of the banks, just a hint: what's that - big town?
My assumption: the data of guy I just created for that phisher got sold by this ugly criminal _immediately_ to a "reputable" marketer, and resold to a "reputable" company.
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