Comments on: 40% of Fraud Alerts Don’t Propagate

By: Mr. X

Mr. X — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:08:20 +0000

Yes, you’re right. I admit that my objectivity on this issue is highly questionable, since I work for one of the major credit reporting agencies.
But my snarkism was not so much directed at the validity of the story, but at the dissapointment that a press release from a security vendor made it into your blog with none of your usual questioning analysis.
My frustration overall is with the fact that both the popular press and the security industry are led around on a leash by vendors, and by media-savvy press releases such as this one.
The day that Emergent Chaos becomes Information Security magazine is the day I’ll commit seppuku.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:25:18 +0000

Dear Mr. X!
1) If you’d like to have your “” show up, you need to encode it as < etc.
2) I think it appropriate for you to comment on the buttering of your bread here, and gosh, maybe even provide some statistics. Which of course, would be free of the self-serving taint.

By: Mr. X

Mr. X — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:47:53 +0000

Yes, I always receive my news from self-serving press releases too.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:19:07 +0000

Paging Mr. Spitzer…Mr. Spitzer to the red phone please…