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Re: making mail traceable

2004-01-21 06:06:45

Al Costanzo wrote:

Because of this LOC is seldom used. So my first point is to get vaild data
into the DNS that people can 'easily' get without a GPS unit.
Longitude, latitude, and altitude of a given place tend to be reasonably stable. Many maps provide that information, and there are on-line resources available as well.

Street addresses, ..., country names change at a politician's whim.

Next, different laws apply to different parts of the country and the world.
I am not only speaking about spammers. I am talking about credit card fraud,
identity theft, etc.

[...]

We have a person that just placed a credit card order on our website. The
cerdit card information is all vaild and the address is correct. All is
verified. This of course does not mean that the card is not stolen.  An
addtional step would be to know where the email oringinated from.
Make up your mind -- a web site or email?

It will prevent someone from Pakistan (for example) saying they live in Ohio
USA and using a stolen credit card from ohio. ( I saw this example myself)
Have the data avaliable will help both electronic mail as well as e-commerce
applications.
Will it not also prevent an Ohio resident traveling in Pakistan using his own non-stolen credit card from doing e-business (perhaps ordering urgently-needed medical supplies,
for example -- consider a diabetic)?

I know it will not be perfect overnight but it will help greatly, if you
have a better solution let me know.

In the specific case of a stolen credit card, I would recommend reporting the card as stolen to the credit card company. That way the card will be declined where ever it is
used.

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