Okay, I learned a new word today - "vishing", which means using "voice" to "phish" data from people. Am I the only one that couldn't stop laughing after reading this word in the CNet article on vishing? It's good ol' fashioned social engineering, folks. Tele-scam. Nothing new, really, autodialers have been doing this nonsense for decades. And really, any old phone phreakers see the irony in "vishing" being the word associated with *phones*. Please tell me this won't catch on. I can't imagine the outrage in Beige-ing. ;-)
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