Re: Time for moderation?

[Derik.Jarne () osi com (Derik Jarne x353-2490)]

> Douglas Goodall writes:
> > I am very unhappy :-( to be receiving anything that looks like
> > credit card numbers, names, and expiration dates.
> >
> > If this is going to happen, I vote that bugtraq becomes a
> > moderated list.
>
> I would rather know that people are actively retreiving credit card
> data.  As much as I've read about people snooping for it, I hadn't
> actually seen it until now.  It wasn't related to bugtraq but I thought
> it was informative.  What fool would collect credit card data only to
> share it with a mailing list that clearly includes some above-board
> people who would report the cards as stolen?  I'd like to think that
> the real author (apparently not the sender) was just making a point.
                                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
  So does a terrorist!!


> Moderation won't prevent credit card numbers from being gathered.  If
> they really wanted to publish the data with a few like-minded
> individuals they probably should have posted it to alt.2600 or
> something.  (No offense to all the above-board people there.)
>
> I would not vote for moderation unless the traffic level was out of
> control, or the content became permanently off-topic.  Speaking of
> which, I'm sorry for using everyone's bandwidth this way ...
> --
> kevin.ruddy () powerdog com