On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 08:38:57PM -0600, Mike Bresnahan wrote:
> I know of two Minnesota State government websites which accept credit card
> information over a non-secure connection, i.e. HTTP instead of HTTPS.  There
> may be more.  I just happen to know of two of them.  What is up with that?
> Why isn't the state government concerned with the threat of identity theft?

Cruise over to the Target parking lot on university (across from a car 
dealership), they have multiple unencrypted wireless links throughout the 
twin cities.

I prefer to not do business with the state in any electronic form. Cash only
when necessary.

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Matthew S. Hallacy                            FUBAR, LART, BOFH Certified
http://www.poptix.net                           GPG public key 0x01938203

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