http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/01/abuse-of-the-canadian-do-not-call-list.html The Emergent Chaos Jazz Combo Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/01/abuse-of-the-canadian-do-not-call-list.html/comment-page-1#comment-5450 Student Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:33:04 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=3027#comment-5450 And here I thought the problem of allowing people to verify if a string is a part of a list, without giving them the list in clear text, was a problem we had solved already in cryptography... (Yes, I am aware of brute force and dictionary attacks, but they don't really seem like a large issue here...) And here I thought the problem of allowing people to verify if a string is a part of a list, without giving them the list in clear text, was a problem we had solved already in cryptography…
(Yes, I am aware of brute force and dictionary attacks, but they don’t really seem like a large issue here…)

]]> http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/01/abuse-of-the-canadian-do-not-call-list.html/comment-page-1#comment-5449 David Brodbeck Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:42:37 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=3027#comment-5449 Interestingly enough, this is exactly why the idea of a "Do Not Spam" list was abandoned -- it was feared that it would simply be used by spammers as a list of valid email addresses. Interestingly enough, this is exactly why the idea of a “Do Not Spam” list was abandoned — it was feared that it would simply be used by spammers as a list of valid email addresses.

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