Subject: BBS security (was Freenet anyone?)   
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     Re: BBS security (was Freenet anyone?)   
     By: Voxigo to echicken on Thu Feb 04 2010 03:06 am   
      
    >    
    >  > That's an interesting point, but at least in this scenario you aren't   
    >  > hostin someone else's illegal stuff yourself - your name is simply sittin   
    >  > on the s drive as it while it remains on somebody else's machine. Even if   
    >  > that drive were confiscated by the authorities and your name fell under   
    >  > scrutinous eyes you'd still be a far cry from having served up illegal   
    >  > materials from your o system.   
    > I would tend to agree, but now you have the problem of proving   
    > that this material is not available to you. Would a judge   
    > understand what a BBS is and how it works. Sounds like it   
    > could be an uphill climb. Not only that, but not all BBSs are   
    > hosted in a big commercial server farm. What does it look like   
    > if said BBS was run off someone's home computer? Just thinkin. :)   
      
   Well, with today's modern computer forensics they could find out who uploaded   
   nasty stuff to your computer in about 3 minutes.  Still, you've got to watch   
   your ass!   
      
    >  > What you've said does make sense but doesn't   
    >  > need to be limited to the BBS world; the same concerns could be apply to   
    >  > membership with any kind of websi Plus there's like five people still   
    >  > using BBSes so they probably don't fetch much attention from the   
    >  > authorities. :) echicken electronic chicken bbs -   
    >    
    > Actually, I'm glad they don't fetch much attention. Part of   
    > the reason this subject interests me, and why I changed the   
    > subject line, is the question of BBS security. I am very   
    > surprised at how many BBSs require enough information to   
    > get a credit card in your name, even just to find out what   
    > they have to offer. Some of that, such as phone number,   
    > is a hangover from the old days when many didn't have   
    > call display and had to pay for lines to keep the board up.   
    > Nowadays, I think it is highly inapropriate to be asking   
    > for someone's sex and phone number. I wonder what's up   
    > with that. It seems to me that a BBS is a great phishing   
    > oppertunity. Except, like you say, there are only five   
    > of us, and I'm probably the only old fart here. Probably   
    > not a lot of phishing bait among the other four either.   
      
   I agree.  Sex and phone number should not be asked for.  Yah, when you're   
   registering for a BBS, yah...they don't know YOU but you also don't know THEM.   
   I don't like giving out any more info than I need to.   
      
   Guess I'll go talk to the Leprechauns...   
      
   --Rassilon...   
      
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