Wednesday, October 3, 2001

Risks of bogus e-mail addresses "FROM: ObL" Sincerely yours, *Not* Osama bin Laden? A Filipino in Belgium ended up in jail after *receiving* a joke e-mail seemingly from Osama bin Laden (but apparently from one of his friends), asking to "stay with you for a couple of days." The man was freed only after a Catholic priest vouched for him as a regular attendee each Sunday. [http://www.vnunet.com/News/1125822] Ah, there's nothing like putting faith in identity, keyword scanning surveillance, and data stored in computers. [Peter Wayner via risks-digest Volume 21, Issue 68] 0:00 # G!