Re: GPG Keys..... was Re: Should I install chkrootkit?
On 6/8/2014 4:18 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 6:10 AM, Jerry Stuckle <jstuckle@attglobal.net> wrote:
>>> But hopefully it won't ever come to the point of mattering. It really
>>> is silly when people start trying to spoof other people's emails.
>>>
>>
>> Chris,
>>
>> It's more than silly. In many countries (including the United States),
>> it can be considered identity theft, which is a federal crime.
>
> Hmm, I'm not absolutely sure that using a fake name in an email header
> would count as identity theft. But what I meant was how silly it is to
> have to worry about that. Murder's a crime, too, but I would consider
> it pretty silly if we had to concern ourselves with the possibility
> that some other debian-user contributor would show up on our doorsteps
> with an axe. We should not have to be considering such ridiculous
> possibilities.
>
> ChrisA
>
>
The way the law is written in the U.S., it is (and has been prosecuted
as such). It is considered no different than using someone else's name
when applying for a loan, for instance.
Jerry
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