Date: 13 Oct 2000 06:15:10 -0400 Message-ID: <20001013101510.11566.qmail@xuxa.iecc.com> From: owner-telecom-digest@telecom-digest.org (Telecom Digest) To: telecom-digest@telecom-digest.org Subject: Telecom Digest V2000 #86 Reply-To: editor@telecom-digest.org Sender: owner-telecom-digest@telecom-digest.org Errors-To: owner-telecom-digest@telecom-digest.org Precedence: bulk X-UIDL: 2cc3348ad63d97aa2b1549e1e150eb4a Status: RO X-Status: Telecom Digest Friday, October 13 2000 Volume 2000 : Number 086 In this issue: NYS joins in blocking telemarketers Security Breach at Buy.com Sen. Edwards Intro's 'Spyware Control Act' Study: Sites Need Private Xmas Re: Security Breach at Buy.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 12 Oct 2000 22:15:13 -0400 From: dannyb@panix.com (danny burstein) Subject: NYS joins in blocking telemarketers Per the NYLJ: http://www.nylj.com/stories/00/10/101300a3.htm (nothing yet on the NYS gov't websites) New Laws Aimed at Curbing Telemarketers By John Caher New York Law Journal Friday, October 13, 2000 ALBANYBills designed to afford New Yorkers greater protections against telemarketing were signed into law by Governor Pataki yesterday. One bill creates a "Do Not Call" registry of consumers who do not want to receive unsolicited sales calls. Another, the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act, includes a broad range of protections. The "Do Not Call" law, which takes effect April 1, 2001, makes it illegal for telemarketers to contact consumers who have opted to have their name listed in the registry. Telemarketers who violate the law face a fine of up to $2,000 per call. [rest snipped for the usual reasons] The bill text (or, rather, the law) should be accessable by starting at: http://www.state.ny.us and following the link to the NYS Senate. Alas, it was hiccupping on me just now when I tried. (Senate bill 8116 and Assembly bill 7641) - -- _____________________________________________________ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dannyb@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] - -- The Telecom Digest is currently robomoderated. Please mail messages to editor@telecom-digest.org. ------------------------------ Date: 12 Oct 2000 22:52:54 -0400 From: Monty Solomon Subject: Security Breach at Buy.com Security Breach at Buy.com by Declan McCullagh 5:45 p.m. Oct. 12, 2000 PDT A security hole on buy.com's website has exposed the personal information of customers who returned products to the company. The buy.com website accidentally allows determined visitors to peruse the names, addresses, and phone numbers of customers. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,39438,00.html - -- The Telecom Digest is currently robomoderated. Please mail messages to editor@telecom-digest.org. ------------------------------ Date: 12 Oct 2000 23:20:35 -0400 From: Monty Solomon Subject: Sen. Edwards Intro's 'Spyware Control Act' Sen. Edwards Intro's 'Spyware Control Act' By Brian Krebs, Newsbytes WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A., 09 Oct 2000, 3:29 PM CST Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., introduced legislation on Friday that would force software manufacturers to notify consumers when their products include "spyware," bits of code that surreptitiously transmit information about the user's Web surfing habits back to the software company. http://www.newsbytes.com/pubNews/00/156365.html - -- The Telecom Digest is currently robomoderated. Please mail messages to editor@telecom-digest.org. ------------------------------ Date: 13 Oct 2000 00:16:21 -0400 From: Monty Solomon Subject: Study: Sites Need Private Xmas Study: Sites Need Private Xmas (Business 3:00 a.m. PDT) http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,39398,00.html?tw=wn20001012 Forrester Research finds that if online toy sites want to put their wares under trees this holiday season, a sound privacy policy may help. - -- The Telecom Digest is currently robomoderated. Please mail messages to editor@telecom-digest.org. ------------------------------ Date: 13 Oct 2000 00:52:17 -0400 From: tbetz@panix.com (Tom Betz) Subject: Re: Security Breach at Buy.com Quoth Monty Solomon in : |Security Breach at Buy.com |by Declan McCullagh | |5:45 p.m. Oct. 12, 2000 PDT |A security hole on buy.com's website has exposed the personal |information of customers who returned products to the company. | |The buy.com website accidentally allows determined visitors to peruse |the names, addresses, and phone numbers of customers. | |http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,39438,00.html They've been insecure forever. See a story about another security breach (with which I have first-hand experience, nearly identical to the author's) at http://www.ironminds.com/ironminds/issues/000818/tech.shtml For obvious reasons, I don't do business there any more. - -- |I always wanted to be someone,| Tom Betz, Generalist | |but now I think I should have | Want to send me email? FIRST, READ THIS PAGE: | |been a wee bit more specific. | | | "Fuck NANAE." -- Paul Vixie | YO! MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS HEAVILY SPAM-ARMORED! | - -- The Telecom Digest is currently robomoderated. Please mail messages to editor@telecom-digest.org. ------------------------------ End of Telecom Digest V2000 #86 *******************************