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		<title>Neil Schwartzman &#45; CircleID</title>
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		<description>Postings from Neil Schwartzman on CircleID</description>
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		<dc:date>2011-08-31T08:29:00-08:00</dc:date>
		

		
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			<title> Five Countries are Considering Anti-Spam Laws (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The international press is alight with reports of various countries considering privacy and anti-spam legislation. It appears that many countries have arrived at the logical conclusion that after years of supposed 'self regulation'; some marketers must be brought to heel by way of regulation and law, to stop abusive practices. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110831_five_countries_are_considering_anti_spam_laws">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-08-31T08:29:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Hot Legal Action in Canada! (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The best part is ... this isn't one of those 'now that I've got your attention' tricks, like one of those old "free beer" posters; there really is a ton of stuff happening above the 49th parallel this summer. To begin with, as a precursor to Canada's Anti-spam Law coming into effect later this year, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission, and Industry Canada have all issued regulations, the latter two in draft form with an RFC. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110711_hot_legal_action_in_canada">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-07-11T10:56:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Happy Canada Day from the CRTC (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.circleid.com/members/617/">Neil Schwartzman</a> writes to report: "CAUCE reports that the CRTC published long-awaited regulations (a big step towards Canada's Anti-spam Law (AKA C28) coming into force), late June 30, the day before Canada Day. The regulations are, as anticipated, very terse and do little to water down the strong nature of the law; they move to clarify certain aspects of express vs. implied consent, among other things." <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/happy_canada_day_from_the_crtc">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-06-30T18:12:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Facts & Tips for Consumers About the Epsilon Breach (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110411_facts_tips_for_consumers_about_the_epsilon_breach</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There has been a lot of talk, blogging, tweeting and press reportage about the Epsilon breach, but little in the way of concrete information to consumers as to where they stand, if their personal information (PII) such as their name and email address has been lost to criminals. The CAUCE Board of Directors have developed the following FAQ that provides facts and guidance for those affected by the breach. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110411_facts_tips_for_consumers_about_the_epsilon_breach">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-04-11T15:11:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> The Epsilon Phishing Model (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_epsilon_phishing_model</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Phishing researcher Gary Warner's always interesting blog offers some fresh perspective on clicking links on emails, as the crux of the phishing problem. Gary writes: "There is a saying 'if you give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day, but if you teach a man to fish, he can feed himself for a lifetime.' In the case of the Epsilon email breach the saying might be 'if you teach a man to be phished, he'll be a victim for a lifetime.' In order to illustrate my point, let's look at a few of the security flaws in the business model of email-based marketing, using Epsilon Interactive and their communications as some examples." <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_epsilon_phishing_model">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-04-09T09:06:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Why the Fukushima Analogy Was Apt (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/why_the_fukushima_analogy_was_apt</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, CAUCE published a blog post entitled "Epsilon Interactive breach the Fukushima of the Email Industry" on our site, and the always-excellent CircleID. A small coterie of commenters was upset by the hyperbolic nature of the headline. Fair enough, an analogy usually has a high degree of probability that it will fail, and clearly, no one has died as a result of the release of what appears to be tens of millions of people's names and email addresses. But, the two situations are analogous in many other ways, and here's why. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/why_the_fukushima_analogy_was_apt">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-04-06T05:38:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Epsilon Interactive Breach the Fukushima of the Email Industry (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110404_epsilon_interactive_breach_the_fukushima_of_the_email_industry</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A series of attacks on the Email Service Provider (ESP) community began in late 2009. The criminals spear-phish their way into these companies that provide out-sourced mailing infrastructure to their clients, who are companies of all types and sizes. ... On March 30, the Epsilon Interactive division of Alliance Data Marketing (ADS on NASDAQ) suffered a massive breach that upped the ante, substantially. Email lists of at least eight financial institutions were stolen. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110404_epsilon_interactive_breach_the_fukushima_of_the_email_industry">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-04-04T13:12:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Mooning the Porn Stars (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Steve DelBianco did a great job of discussing the rocky relationship between ICANN's Government Advisory Committee (GAC) and the Board of Directors, in his piece entitled ".XXX Exposes the Naked Truth for ICANN". I've been keeping an eye on the adult industry press to see what their reaction is to the .XXX debacle. But before we start, let's get something out of the way. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110328_mooning_the_porn_stars">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-03-28T07:15:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> No False-Starts, Do-Overs, or Mulligans for Email (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Josh Baer, former VP of Datran Media and current CEO of OtherInBox has been floating an idea at the DMA's Email Experience Council and a few other places, and recently got some traction in Ken Magill's Magill Report. What Josh is proposing is to create the technical means by which a Sender can decide when email 'expires' and is automatically removed from a recipient's inbox, either by deletion, or perhaps archiving (in the case of Gmail). This would supposedly help the end-user, by removing marketing offers that are no longer available. Why this idea shouldn't happen... <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110316_no_false_starts_do_overs_or_mulligans_for_email">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-03-16T22:42:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Wikileaks DDoS of Spamhaus: Political Activism at Its Dumbest (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20101218_wikileaks_ddos_of_spamhaus_political_activism_at_its_dumbest</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A week ago, Paul Vixie wrote a thoughtful piece on the morality of DDos, for both sides of the equation of the Wikileaks issues. In it he summarizes things nicely: "Denial of service is not merely a peaceful protest meant to garner attention for a cause. Denial of service is forcible and it is injurious. It is not like any form of civil disobedience, but rather it is criminal behaviour more like looting." Well said, Paul... <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20101218_wikileaks_ddos_of_spamhaus_political_activism_at_its_dumbest">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2010-12-18T08:48:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Canada's Anti-spam Bill C-28 is the Law of the Land (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It's been a long time coming, but Canada has an anti-spam law, and one, which sets a new world standard, and a tough, but fair, opt-in protocol for everyone in North America who sends commercial email and other electronic messages. Yesterday, The Canadian Senate voted to accept Bill C-28, and today, December 15, at 13:00 eastern, it will be given Royal Asset of the Governor General of Canada, His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20101215_canada_anti_spam_bill_c_28_is_the_law_of_the_land">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2010-12-15T06:05:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> New Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt about Canada's Anti-Spam Bill C-28 (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/new_fear_uncertainty_doubt_about_canadas_anti_spam_bill_c_28</link>
			<description><![CDATA[From time to time, we see unenlightened comments about the efficacy of laws in the fight against spam. "Laws won't stop spam" being the most common. No, they won't. What laws do is dissuade some people from undertaking shoddy mailing practices or even outright spam campaigns. Laws don't stop murder, rape and robbery either, but for those un-dissuaded who undertake such heinous crimes, we, as a society, have laws for punitive effect. They pay the price society exacts for their actions. C-28 will attenuate spam in Canada, and help us to fight spam internationally. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/new_fear_uncertainty_doubt_about_canadas_anti_spam_bill_c_28">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2010-11-17T07:42:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Kidnapping, Theft and Rape Are Not "Cyber" Crimes (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kidnap. Rape. There are no lesser words that can be used to describe what happened to the daughter of an anti-spam investigator in Russia. His daughter was recently released, according to Joseph Menn's recent article on Boing Boin, after having been kidnapped from her home five years ago, fed drugs, and made to service men, as a warning to ward off further investigations. The criminals behind these vicious acts were also responsible for large spamming organization associated with Russian Mob activity. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/kidnapping_theft_and_rape_are_not_cyber_crimes">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2010-11-02T09:14:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Using Facebook for Verisimilitude? For real? (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/using_facebook_for_verisimilitude_for_real</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I recently became aware of the new pay-by-mobile phone service Venmo.com. "Pay friends with your phone, skip the ATM, Settle up on meals, rent, bills and drinks" ... Venmo are using Facebook connect as a way of verifying user identities, at least that is what they claim. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/using_facebook_for_verisimilitude_for_real">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2010-08-03T06:39:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> ClamAV and the Case of the Missing Mail (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100416_clamav_and_the_case_of_the_missing_mail</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Some email discussion lists were all atwitter yesterday, as Sourcefire's open-source anti-virus engine ClamAV version 0.94.x reached its end-of-life. Rather than simply phase this geriatric version out the development team put to halt instances of V0.94 in production yesterday, April 15, 2010. In other words, the ClamAV developers caused version .94 to stop working entirely, and, depending upon the implementation, that meant email to systems using ClamAV also stopped flowing. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100416_clamav_and_the_case_of_the_missing_mail">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2010-04-16T06:24:00-08:00</dc:date>
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