[extropy-chat] codes in scam letters

[Emlyn]

On 26/09/05, Brett Paatsch <bpaatsch at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> Spike wrote:
>
> > .. it occurred to me that they would be the perfect vehicle
> > for broadcasting coded messages to sleeper cells or other
> > criminal gangs.  No one actually reads very far past
> > any email that starts with the word "greetings" so
> > this might be just the thing.
>
> I heard a radio discussion about this. The idea raised that
> intrigued me was that there are so many ways to get free
> email nowadays that potential terrorists or criminals don't
> need to send email at all. They could just share an email
> account (all know the password) and leave messages for
> each other unposted in the intray.
>
> It occurred to me as I listened to that and similar stories
> in the media that that sort of commentary which is impossible
> to suppress is actually telling potential terrorists and criminals
> ways to do what they want to do.
>
> It is going to be very very hard to fight terrorism.
>
> Brett Paatsch

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