Re: Oregon License Plate Site in the News Tonight!

[The Deviant <deviant@pooh-corner.com>]

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On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Rich Burroughs wrote:

> Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 09:50:57 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Rich Burroughs <richieb@teleport.com>
> To: cypherpunks@toad.com
> Subject: Re: Oregon License Plate Site in the News Tonight!
> 
> On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> 
> > Looks like we're a little late. However, we can still grab the tape from
> > Oregon's DMV for $220. It would be an interesting excercise to try to get
> > these tapes from each state with similar provisions and put them all
> > online.
> 
> This information has been available in Oregon for at least a couple of
> years on CD.  I've always been concerned about the privacy implications of
> that service -- perhaps that's the upside of this story?  That people do
> give a rat's ass about their privacy?
> 
> I do think that the information should be able to be disseminated on the
> Net as long as it's legal.
> 

Yes, but I can also see why its a bad idea to put somebody's VIN on the
Net... A clever terrorist would simply plant peices of metal with some
other loser's VIN's in their car before blowing up a building, (i.e. my
name's McVeigh (sp?), and this rider truck came from Oregon ;)... see my
point?

I do think that some information could be allowed (what your tag says,
your name, your mailing address), but what was put on he net was excesive.

 --Deviant
Horse racing *is* a stable business ...


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