[ILUG] [Fwd: I fought the scammer... and I won.]

[kevin lyda]

On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 09:33:39AM +0100, John Allman wrote:
> of thing are. I just know it sucks. Finally, it's a bit out there, but 
> the gardai should forge closer links with the research community Among 
> us, we have a whole lot of knowledge of just about every issue under the 
> sun. We're mostly idealists, and those ideals include a spam-free 
> Internet. And heck, we're cheap!

i think that info exchange works both ways.  it would be nice to hear
from the gardai and/or the dpp what evidence they need in these cases.
and also, what are you legally *allowed* to record.

while i love your story and i'm glad they got the guy, are your internet
cafe customers aware that you might record their internet traffic?
is there a sighn stating as much, or a form that they sign?  are you
legally obligated to do such notification?  i know that i am usually
told at the beginning of a call to certain companies that my call may be
recorded.  and how does the eu data protection act fit into all of this?

the net has been largely self-policing for decades.  and i hope it
continues that way.  but i think that in order for it to maintain that
model, the communication between technical experts and the legal community
(prosecutors and police) is not "a bit out there," it is a requirement.

kevin

-- 
kevin at ie.suberic.net  ~  Would you put on your resume that 3,000 people
                         died due to your failure while you were in charge?

                         So why is George Bush?