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  • From: "Josep L. Guallar-Esteve" <jlguallar AT maduixa.net>
  • To: "InterNetWorkers" <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: MS Security Flaw Exposes Customer Records
  • Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 13:26:01 -0400


On Thursday 11 October 2001 01:02 pm, you wrote:
> http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171002.html

> "Until very recently, anyone with a Web browser and the right Internet
> address could access Microsoft's customer service database and look up the
> billing, shipping and purchasing data for any customer who had bought
> Microsoft products online. "

> Anyone want to sign up for their Passport service and give them your credit
> card number?

C'mon Michael!

Actualy this is a pretty useful feature that lets your bank and your
groceries provider to access to your account in an Easier Way (TM, by
Microsoft Corp, 1995-2001).

Let's be fair with Microsoft.

And actualy, this can let the Government to invetigate your links with Bin
Ladens'a Associates, such as Bert, Earnie and Kermit.

After all, they are facing fines of 10% of their income by the Europea Union.


Josep
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