[Novalug] OT Rant for the year

Ken Kauffman kkauffman@headfog.com
Tue Mar 4 18:14:34 EST 2008


Rectal ID Probe.  Nobody will ever use your ID.

Ken

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 6:04 PM, Garrett Nievin <gnievin@comcast.net> wrote:

> Ed,
>
> Thanks for the invitation to post OT Rants.  Here's mine.
>
> Userids and passwords are a fundamentally broken method of
> identification and authentication, as far as I'm concerned.
>
> I have to enter, no joke, dozens of userids and passwords every day.
> Just to fill in my timesheet for my company I need to enter four
> different userids with passwords.  That's before I do anything
> productive with my day.  Then all the systems have different
> requirements for passwords - at least 9, must have two specials, cannot
> have specials, etc.  And that's before I try to get on any stinking web
> sites which require even more userids and passwords.
>
> Can't some smart person come up with something better?
>
> </rant>
>
> Cheers,
> Garrett
>
> On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:52:07 -0500
> Ed James <edjames@greenbelt.com> wrote:
>
> > I couldn't find a Linux angle to this, but it might be worth noting.
> > I got a bunch of "I'm out of the office until..." type of auto-reply
> > messages this morning on my gmail account.  Eventually, somebody did
> > a manual reply to a piece of @#$% scam/spam which included the original
> > pitch (see below).  It appears a nigerian scam was sent out, with my
> > gmail email address embedded in the text.  Note - I had nothing to do
> > with it.  The From field was somebody in .uk (also not me).  The sad
> > thing is, I actually got several people sending me personal information
> > asking for the card  The message is written so horribly that I *just*
> > *can't* *believe* that anyone would reply.  But yet, several people, so
> > far, have done so.
> >
> > Been busy today letting them know it's a scam, and that I'm not
> involved.
> > I'm REALLY hoping nobody convinces gmail to close my account.
> >
> > Ed James
> >
> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > - - - - -
> >
> > DEAR BENEFICARY,
> >
> > THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR
> > CONTRACT/INHERITANCE HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU
> > IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE.
> > SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE
> > NONE OFFICIALS IN YOUR ENTIRE ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF YOUR
> > FUND TO YOU. WE WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILLEGAL ACT LIKE THESE
> > HAVE TO STOP IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR CARD SINCE WE HAVE DECIDED TO
> > BRING A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR CARD
> > THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD CENTER ASIA PACIFIC THAT IS THE LATEST
> > INSTRUCTION FROM THE NEW PRESDIENT ALHAJI UMARU YAR'ADUA.THIS CARD
> > CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR
> > MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS
> > TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND
> > THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING CARD CENTER PLC MR. EDWARD
> > JAMES ON HIS EMAIL ADDRESS: Direct Tel: 234-8022752776 Email; <deleted
> > my gmail account address from here>
> > AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
> >
> > 1. YOUR FULL NAME
> > 2. PHONES AND FAX NUMBER
> > 3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
> > 4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
> >
> > THE ATM CARD CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT USD2.5MILLION AS
> > PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2008. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU
> > HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON (S) OR
> > OFFICE (S) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR CARD. FOR ORAL
> > DISCUSSION, EMAIL ME BACK AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT
> > MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DIRECTION AND ALSO UPDATE ME ON ANY DEVELOPMENT
> > FROM THE ABOVE-MENTIONED OFFICE.
> > NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF
> > CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-189) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN
> > CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.
> >
> > BEST REGARDS,
> >
> > SENATOR DAVID MARK
> > SENATE PRESIDENT
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