7 November 2008
A sends:
Re:GovDelivery.com
https://service.govdelivery.com/service/user.html
It may be on a secure server but... anyone can see (and modify?) a user's
subscription choices if they know your email address. Visit the above link
and enter "jya[at]pipeline.com" - no password - no nothing - you're in!
Cryptome: Figures, the service is erratic, evasive in its answers to my queries
(blames me for the problem), and may be in cahoots with the feds
to snarf personal info. Smells like a bait-and-switch trust-me TLA.
We've added a password. When we signed up at DoJ, FBI and DNI for the messages
there was nothing about password protection. That should be added as a warning
to the subscription page.
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To: "GovDelivery Client Services" <support[at]govdelivery.com>
Subject: RE: Links Do Not Work
Date: November 7, 2008
By comparison of DoJ, FBI and DNI initial messages in August 2008 and November
2008 (copies of DNI messages attached), it is possible to see that embedded
links are quite different.
The November links are very long and truncated, and produce errors, apparently
due to the long embedded "track?type=click&enid=" code.
This tracking and enid code is quite surprising and appears to track and
identify the unwary user who clicks to access the government files.
The August 2008 messages do not have the tracking-identifying code and I
suggest that you protect user privacy by getting rid of it. And make the
files accessible too boot.
This message is being published on Cryptome.org.
Regards,
John Young
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[This refers to messages from DoJ, FBI and DNI provided by this service.]
At 03:23 PM 10/31/2008 -0500, you wrote:
Dear Mr. Young,
Thank you got your interest in the Dept. of Justice s email updates. I have
checked into this issue various times. The server that you are using is
truncating or shortening the URLs that we are sending. You will need to check
with your email administrator for assistance changing this.
Please contact us with any other questions or concerns.
Best Regards,
GovDelivery Client Services
From: John Young [mailto:jya[at]pipeline.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 5:46 PM
To: Support
Subject: RE: Links Do Not Work
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Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 11:48:03 -0500 (CDT)
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To: jya[at]pipeline.com
Subject: Office of the Director of National Intelligence - Dr. Joel Brenner
Interviewed by CBS News
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Subject: Office of the Director of National Intelligence - Electronic Reading
Room Update
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:56:26 -0600
To: jya[at]pipeline.com
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