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On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Julian Hall wrote: > Um. If it's a burglar, they're actually *in* the address? They don't need > any tech knowhow, just the ability to intercept the delivery of whatever > posing as a member of the household. I'm not really in the know of what's going on in the burglary world these days, but I believe staying in someone's property for a few days to intercept incoming parcels is rather uncommon. I don't think you can change the email address and add a new delivery address without the old address(es) being notified. Amazon is not that stupid. Unless it's part of a bigger identity theft scheme (and unless you are a prime target), I doubt you can do a lot of harm with someone's Amazon credentials. But it's best not to wait until it happens. I may be wrong. > and I'm sure both your > ISP and hosting company have terms of service that indemnify them against > such use, while at the same time placing the blame squarely on your > shoulders. I think it extremely unlikely that you can get in serious trouble for someone abusing your hosting service. Nor can your ISP or host. In the worst-case scenario (I'm really making assumptions here -- I'm not a legal expert) they will initially suspect you to have put it online and if it is really bad they will arrest you, interrogate you and release you for a few days. That's still bad enough to want to avoid of course. Martijn. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq