I don't think there's any harm in repeating these warnings. If the phishing emails didn't work, they wouldn't be there in the first place - there are people still falling for them. And don't forget that spear phishing can get quite sophisticated. --Raj. On 11-07-08 09:12 AM, Singer X.J. Wang wrote: > I'll chime in here and agree with Richard here. Should we start warning > about every security risk? > > - Do not shout out your DEBIT CARD NUMBER and PIN for your debit card. > - Do not write down the DEBIT CARD NUMBER and PIN of your debit card on a > piece of paper and mail it to Richard Briggs > - Do not write down the DEBIT CARD NUMBER and PIN of your debit card on a > piece of paper and mail it to me > - Do not write down the DEBIT CARD NUMBER and PIN of your debit card on a > piece of paper and mail it to Stephen Harper > - Do not write down the DEBIT CARD NUMBER and PIN of your debit card on a > piece of paper and mail it to Jay Leno > - Do not write down the DEBIT CARD NUMBER and PIN of your debit card on a > piece of paper and mail it to Madonna > > These phishing emails are so normal now and everyone (specially those on the > list) knows about it that there's no need to email it again. > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 08:58, Shawn H Corey <shawnhcorey [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> wrote: > >> On 11-07-08 08:36 AM, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: >>> Even if I am my own system administrator?!? >>> >>> Even if I don't even have an account with said institution?!? >>> >>> Even if I've already received thousands of such emails already?!? >> >> <sarcasm>I'm sorry I ruined your day by post an alert about email >> phishing. After all, since you know everything there is to know about >> security, why would anyone else on this list be interested in it?</sarcasm> >> >> Such rudeness is not appreciated. Please refrain for doing so in the >> future. >> >> >> -- >> Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, >> Shawn >> >> Confusion is the first step of understanding. >> >> Programming is as much about organization and communication >> as it is about coding. >> >> The secret to great software: Fail early & often. >> >> Eliminate software piracy: use only FLOSS. >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux mailing list >> Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca >> http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >> > > -- > The best compliment you could give Pythian for our service is a referral. > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux