Re: SORBS Identity theft alert

[Matthew Sullivan <matthew () sorbs net>]

Dean Anderson wrote:

> See http://www.iadl.org/sorbs/sorbs-story.html 
>
> SORBS seems to be collecting a lot of sensitive information to view
> listings:
>  
All pages on http://www.sorbs.net/ look on the menu for 'Privacy Policy' 
(unless you have chosen not to view that menu in the preferences).

Just in case you have a problem reading here's a hint: 
http://www.sorbs.net/w3c/privacy.shtml

One typo under 'Changes to the Policy' - the doc id is at the bottom not 
the top as stated, too small to warrant an update at this time of night.

> This detailed information could be sold to IT recruiters, used for
> identity theft, password collection, or used for other mass marketing
> purposes.
It could be, but it isn't, and it won't be.

> Security questions are often used by sensitive sites such as
> domain registries to authenticate users who have lost their passwords.
>  
Security question and answer box is for the user to choose a backup 
question and answer, don't tell me you didn't understand a simple 
concept as that?

> This is very alarming information collection.
>  
This is also way off topic, but I don't think that bothers you.

*End of thread*

/ Mat