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by pius • 18 years ago

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xlnt• 18 years ago

Interesting. I guess it's kinda too late but it'd probably be a good idea if no one could own donotreply.com, like with http://example.com/

phaedrus• 18 years ago

Well yes the programmers should have used example.com instead of donotreply.com!

ctingom• 18 years ago

Weird.

sant0sk1• 18 years ago

Genius.

daniel-cussen• 18 years ago

Bank of America, the TSA, electronic payment companies, and National Security all have had sensitive information bounced onto this site. The epic fail of all epic fails.

The guy (Chet) gives the money he gets for taking things down to a dog pound. Nice guy. He gets a lot of threats from lawyers, but it looks like no big deal, as all the suits he gets are identical. He probably knows the rules better than the lawyers that threaten him. He could have made billions by extorting incompetent companies in a formal manner, say, settling out of court for a breach of security, or something. I'm not sure this is possible, but it might be.

Also, this means that startups can even beat big corps when it comes to security and privacy.

girk• 18 years ago

I talked about this with my boss last night over drinks, and we both got a good laugh out of it. It's hard to believe that any person (particularly a programmer) would set a reply-to address to a real domain other than their own. I understand not wanting bounced emails, but c'mon guys. They have to realize that somebody DOES actually own that domain and that they WILL receive their bounced email. Shame on the companies like Bank of America and other companies who deal with sensitive and/or confidential information.

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