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Spammers Most Likely Users of Email Authentication
From: "David Farber" <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 18:08:25 -0400
-----Original Message----- From: "Bob Frankston"<Bob2-19-0501 () bobf frankston com> Sent: 13/07/05 5:48:44 PM To: "dave () farber net"<dave () farber net>, "'Ip ip'"<ip () v2 listbox com> Cc: "'Lauren Weinstein'"<lauren () vortex com> Subject: RE: [IP] Spammers Most Likely Users of Email Authentication It's useful to couple this with the reports that those responsible for the bombings in London were British. The common theme is the notion of intrinsic properties rather than behavior and interpretation in context and intrinsic ambiguity. The idea of identity can be very dangerous when it allows an instance of behavior to be locked in as a property. Once you become "an American" you are deemed intrinsically preferred. We see the flip side of this in profiling which imputes behavior from a characteristic. We then deny ourselves the benefits of participating in the world and tell others to just go away while failing to act on the behavior itself. Makes it easier to mask the behavior by adopting a cover story while making "Flying While xyz" a permanent condition. It's as if Maxwell's Demon were not only real, but could discriminate based on future behavior, interpretation and an unambiguous consensus. Of course spammers would take advantage of identity -- as the article notes, it's a seal of approval without metrics. And those who innovate and disrupt -- what better means to isolate them then identify them and ban them. Just like AOL presumes mail from personal computers is spam. [Message truncated. Tap Edit->Mark for Download to get remaining portion.] ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org 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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