IP: More on: From Telecom Digest Cyber Sleuths Have More Than Your Number

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 12:40:11 +0000
To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
From: Brian Randell <Brian.Randell@newcastle.ac.uk>

Dave:

>Subject: Cyber Sleuths Have More Than Your Number
>Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 14:39:39 -0500
>
>http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/bigstory/022199/privacy.html
>By Andrew Alexander
>Cox Washington Bureau
>Washington -- "You're kidding!" my wife exclaimed when I told her that
>someone had gained access to our private bank records, lifted our
>account number and recorded our balance.
>There was more.
[lots more snipped]

And Americans wonder why Europeans are uptight about their personal data
being held in countries without data protection laws!

These of course don't solve the problem - but they are a help.

Cheers

Brian

Dept. of Computing Science, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 7RU, UK
EMAIL = Brian.Randell@newcastle.ac.uk   PHONE = +44 191 222 7923
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