Re: UKNM: Love bug bust

[Quentin Langley]

Sexing software that sorts by name is very standard

and easily obtained.  Market research companies and

political parties use it all the time.


--- Ray Taylor <

rayeyeconomy [dot] com

> wrote: >

<

Tim [dot] Haywardjwt [dot] com

> asks:

> 

> > How do think it worked that out? Perhaps there was

> a little bit of code

> that

> > sorted out whether the recipient left the lavatory

> seat up or down.

> 

> I'm only guessing, but if there was a degree of sex

> discrimination (down

> Stefan!) then it could have been done reasonably

> accurately by name - eg

> Tim=m, Tara=f, Alex=?

> 

> If it helps the anecdotal research (which I gather

> JWT's parent company WPP

> is quite keen on, Tim ;-) then two people in our

> office were hit, both men,

> both apparently by women. (Both deleted the email,

> of course.)

> 

> I thought it was a clever trick that the code should

> be disguised as a .txt

> even though it was not difficult to spot it for what

> it was. But why, oh

> why, can't some of the many millions we spend on

> anti-virus software be used

> for research and development aimed at spotting the

> potential for email

> attacks?

> 

> Presumably because that sort of thing in a

> shrinkwrap would put bespoke

> firewall suppliers out of business.

> 

> I guess virus software suppliers are content to wait

> until the damage is

> done before doing anything about it rather than

> pre-empting attacks.

> 

> Ray Taylor



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