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Date: 10/30/02 

Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 22:56:52 +0000

Dragan Cvetkovic <d1r2a3g4a5n.NOSPAM@soli99ton.com> writes:

> "J. Reilink" <digiover@dsinet.org> writes:
>>
>> It's not that I don't support this idea, it's just the way they announce
>> it. Also, there is no privacy statement and/or disclamer.
>
> Agreed there. There are some details at http://www.descan.net/privacy.html
> but except for"
>
> "You must register to receive a key which will enable you to submit data to
> DeScan. This information is absolutely confidential. See our Privacy
> Policy for more information."
>
> at http://www.descan.net/register.html, I don't see any information
> regarding email addresses etc.

I also don't see the problem with this. It makes sense to me to have some
unique key in order to submit your data to a central server site - if
you're going to be influencing the summaries they send out and therefore
potentially other people's firewalling decisions, well, I don't want some
irresponsible freeloader submitting junk to the server, thankin' you.

Or do you object to having a unique identifier when submitting mail-hashes
to razor2 as well?

Frankly if it discourages irresponsible idiots from trying to throw the
system off-balance, it's fine by me.

                                   ~~~~

Time for a summary, seeing as this thread is still banging on amongst the
unthinking:
I'm not pro-DeScan, I'm not a user of the system, nor am I even an employee
(thank heavens ;)

And for all I might've been seen as defending the company and its utility,
that's not my position. I'd like to say I'm disgusted at those who've
automatically assumed something is "spam" or used as a spam trap or who've
not done as much research as clicking on one URL before proclaiming it
"closed" or "binary-only" or "a breach of privacy" - when the source *is*
available, the company has a clear privacy statement, and so on.

I don't care if someone does manage to provide evidence of the organization
having dodgy processes; let that be investigated and publicised as
appropriate. However, I do object quite strongly to those who are jumping
to conclusions without thinking about the pros and cons of a utility /
service. The phrase is `innocent until proven guilty'. Think about how you
would offer a similar service to the 'Net community, and cut your bloody
whinging.

~Tim 

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