NetRodent |
09-17-2003 04:45 PM |
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Originally posted by NBDesign
One night on CNN some guy was talking bout how easy it would be for a terrorist to get a nuke into this country... basically told them how to do it...
They were saying how that only 2% of the cargo that comes over here via ship is inspected... only 2%... and announcing it on CNN... how bright is that? Why not just engrave some invitations and send them out with instructions?
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Announcing in on CNN would do more good than harm. Anyone who wants to know that sort of info would have no problem finding it. By announcing it to the world, the powers that be might actually fix the problem.
Back in the 1980's there was a plan to put nuclear missles on special trains that would spend their time travelling around the country. The idea was that nobody would know where these missiles were at any given time so the Soviets couldn't target them. I suppose they were supposed to be a cheap version of an SSBN. The problem was even though these trains may have looked normal to a casual observer, any railfan would have spotted them instantly. If you know anything about railfans, you'd know that one of the biggest thrills is spotting obscure equipment (such as nuke train). People would have undoubtably passed the word around when one of these was spotted and a bunch of people would turn up to photograph it. Railfans aren't an unpatriotic bunch, but they tend to be a rather chatty bunch. It would have been a trivial matter for any interested parties to find out where these things were at any given time.
The point I'm making in all of this, is just because you don't know about something doesn't mean its not common knowledge for those involved in the subject.
Here's another example that may hit closer to home. There's the on going debate in the adult industry about how easy it is for surfers to get free porn. Those of in the industry know of a much better way than the hun, pornosaur, or credit card fraud. Simply register a $10 domain, put up a simple website and ask for demo passes from content providers. Alternatively, you could register for affiliate programs and ask for sample passes to check the quality of the sites. Someone who knows how to do it can have practically unlimited access to most of the adult web for the cost of a domain registration.
Am I traitor to the industry for publishing this gaping security hole? Are content suppliers or affiliate programs going to see a rise in bogus demo requests?
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