Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-jaws!kaiser From: kaiser@jaws.DEC (Pete Kaiser 225-5441 HLO2-1/N10) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Hackers and others take note Message-ID: <233@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 07:40:29 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.233 Posted: Thu Dec 13 07:40:29 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Dec-84 07:30:15 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 15 The story of "The Hackers and the Reporter's Credit Card Number" shows symptoms of passing into folklore. I wonder if it's true: not whether he was told it happened, but whether it actually DID happen; whether he or anyone ever saw any plain factual evidence that people stole his private information. If not, it's just folklore. For an understanding of modern folklore, read a fascinating book entitled "The Vanishing Hitchhiker". ---Pete Kaiser%{JAWS,BELKER}.DEC@decwrl.arpa {JAWS,BELKER}::KAISER {allegra|decvax|ihnp4|ucbvax}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-{jaws,belker}!kaiser DEC, 77 Reed Road (HLO2-1/N10), Hudson MA 01749 617/568-5441