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President Bush using challenge-response for his email
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 04:51:54 -0400
------ Forwarded Message From: Mike Masnick <mike () techdirt com> Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 01:15:33 -0700 To: declan () well com, dave () farber net Subject: President Bush using challenge-response for his email Declan, Dave, Just read this article: http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6330165.htm about how the Whitehouse has now made it more difficult to email the President. Since the two of you are interested in both tech and political issues, I thought you'd be interested in the story just from the angle of "now the Whitehouse is making it even more difficult to be heard". However, I think, the more interesting point is one I discuss here: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20030718/018227_F.shtml President Bush has really started using "challenge-response" technology to get rid of spam (and to better sort emails). It works exactly like the basic challenge response systems: (a) you email the President (b) instead of getting the email, you receive a reply telling you to go to a webpage (c) at that webpage, you need to perform certain tasks to prove you are human (though, the ones on the Whitehouse page are a bit more cumbersome than most C-R systems). So, now, the bigger question is whether or not Mailblocks, the company that claims to own patents on "challenge-response" will sue the Whitehouse? Mike Techdirt.com ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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