http://techliberation.com/2006/10/30/another-reason-to-be-wary-of-age-verification-data-retention-mandates/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Fri, 25 May 2012 18:27:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2006/10/30/another-reason-to-be-wary-of-age-verification-data-retention-mandates/comment-page-1/#comment-35749 MikeT Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:26:23 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/10/30/another-reason-to-be-wary-of-age-verification-data-retention-mandates/#comment-35749 <p><a href="http://www.codemonkeyramblings.com/2006/05/recording_everything_you_ever.php" rel="nofollow">As I have pointed out</a> before, the potential for abuse is even higher than most people would suspect. It would be really sobering for a lot of people to actually find out how information is passed during HTTP sessions, let alone learn about how information is transfered in general. Criminals and police alike would have a wealth of personal information at their disposal that they could use, and police could easily see a lot of emails, usernames and passwords that they wouldn't see otherwise. The temptation to break in and take a peek would be incredible for many of them.</p> As I have pointed out before, the potential for abuse is even higher than most people would suspect. It would be really sobering for a lot of people to actually find out how information is passed during HTTP sessions, let alone learn about how information is transfered in general. Criminals and police alike would have a wealth of personal information at their disposal that they could use, and police could easily see a lot of emails, usernames and passwords that they wouldn’t see otherwise. The temptation to break in and take a peek would be incredible for many of them.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2006/10/30/another-reason-to-be-wary-of-age-verification-data-retention-mandates/comment-page-1/#comment-52646 MikeT Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:26:23 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/10/30/another-reason-to-be-wary-of-age-verification-data-retention-mandates/#comment-52646 <p><a href="http://www.codemonkeyramblings.com/2006/05/recording_everything_you_ever.php" rel="nofollow">As I have pointed out</a> before, the potential for abuse is even higher than most people would suspect. It would be really sobering for a lot of people to actually find out how information is passed during HTTP sessions, let alone learn about how information is transfered in general. Criminals and police alike would have a wealth of personal information at their disposal that they could use, and police could easily see a lot of emails, usernames and passwords that they wouldn't see otherwise. The temptation to break in and take a peek would be incredible for many of them.</p> As I have pointed out before, the potential for abuse is even higher than most people would suspect. It would be really sobering for a lot of people to actually find out how information is passed during HTTP sessions, let alone learn about how information is transfered in general. Criminals and police alike would have a wealth of personal information at their disposal that they could use, and police could easily see a lot of emails, usernames and passwords that they wouldn’t see otherwise. The temptation to break in and take a peek would be incredible for many of them.

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