Security thoughts first thing in the morning

[dsrtao]

I wonder if anyone googles for vacation messages on mailing lists and sells the results to thieves? Having a name and an email address is likely to get you a physical address, and burglarizing an empty house must have a much higher success rate than otherwise.

I never use vacation messages except in a strictly work context, and work email isn't subscribed to any mailing lists outside the company's firewall...

Comments

[seawasp]

Anyone making the assumption that my going on vacation means that people aren't in my house would be terribly mistaken.

[dsrtao]

Yes, but on average, it increases the hit rate.

[seawasp]

True. Once that becomes known, though, you have an ideal way of catching such crooks.