At 2:22 PM +0100 on 2/9/07, Vittorio Bertola wrote to a bunch of us, saying:
Neil Schwartzman ha scritto:
Tangential to the original question, but I ask you two in return - do you REALLY want to hinder investigations by obfuscating a valuable investigative tool? And, do you REALLY think things are going to get better, security-wise over time?
Just to show you a different point of view - do you think that you really have to expose personal information to each and every user of the Internet,
Every domain holder.
for you to have access to it in case of an investigation? Don't you think that there could be better ways, that give you access to it when you're working in partnership with public law enforcement agencies, while not disclosing it to everyone else?
No. The non-LEA investigations go on constantly. The LEA investigations happen on an order of a magnitude less frequently.
Also, don't you think that people (at least the not clearly ill-intentioned ones) would be more likely to provide accurate information and keep it updated if they knew it was to be used with care,
they already do that now.
rather than while knowing that it will be out there for everyone to see? (Or, if you prefer - do you *really* think that anyone can force registrants to provide accurate information if they don't want to?)
Nope. And like I said, even the intentionally bad entries form patterns, which we recognize, and tie to actual individuals. -- == Neil Schwartzman Chair, Board of Directors CAUCE Canada: The Canadian Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email Canada: +1 (514) 485-9713 US: +1 (303) 800 6345 UK: 020 8144 6345 Skype: spamfighter666 Fax: +1 (419) 793-0430 [AIM / MSN / Yahoo!]: CAUCECanada [Web]: http://cauce.ca See http://stopspamhere.ca for ways to prevent spam from hitting your inbox.