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To: smchan who wrote (15353)	6/30/2001 11:24:32 AM
From: Dr.MensaWannabe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32936

"I can't see why SI would sell a list that linked user id's to mailing addresss, but then again these are trying times and dot coms need cash" It doesn't have to be that direct. I do want to see a statement that they are not selling the user ID. A poster has some level of security if a subpoena is quashed. However, if a list is sold or available for free to the public because of a security error then that level of security due to the quashed supoena is gone. Let me use an example. Say someone by the name of Bullup has been named in a lawsuit. The subpoena is quashed. The defendant buys, finds for free, or hacks the list. Bullup signed up with his name of Peter Zero. He used Bullup@xyz.com as his email address. I think you know what can be done once someone has your email address. Another example: Suppose in the days of free accounts that someone signed up with their alias as their first name. It is possible that old members have done this. Your alias is Bullup. You signed up with the name Bullup as your first name. Take it from there. In the past, there has been a security breach whereby the alias was replaced with your login identification. Imagine what could be done with that. Imagine having adept computer people as members on this site. A person by the name of David Stockwell has even pulled some moves in an effort to show the vulnerability of the site. I could take this further down a road but I will leave it at that. I am disturbed by the fact that someone could so easily get around a quashed subpoena because a list was made available for free. I guess it really doesn't matter since one could buy the list. I would urge people not to use the same alias as the name on your email address.