Re: Banned URL

From: Matt Silberstein (RemoveThisPrefixmatts2nospam_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: 10/28/05 

Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:21:54 GMT

On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:37:02 +0100, in alt.computer.security ,
Management <charlienospam@peartreegreen.org> in
<43624592$0$41140$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> wrote:

>Hairy One Kenobi wrote:
>
><SNIP>
>>
>> They filter. Nowt you can do about it.
>>
>> They even managed to make the front page a few years back, by banning
>> Scunthorpe Council's web site (because of a word-within-a-word).
>>
>> This was considered particularly amusing at the time, because it was hosted
>> by... AOL.
>>
>
>Surely, the most important point here is that AOL is scanning the
>body of every email that passes through it's system. Who are they
>working for? Maybe we should tell any friends that use AOL that all
>their incoming emails are being 'read' before they receive them, or not!

Good point. I don't understand how some people can't see that this is
a security issue. It affects both the availability and confidentiality
of the data. I suppose I should use encryption, even for minor email.
But it is disturbing to be reminded that AOL is doing that scanning.

And, yet, Earthlink does not seem to even stop Earthlink phishing
attempts. I get bait telling me there is a problem with my Earthlink
account to my Earthlink address. Go figure. 

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