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[arisrabkin]

Google just showed me the following alarming thing on the web.

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Description: Building Better Backup Authentication Mechanisms: Password Recovery for Financial Services Websites Steve Houston, Ari Rabkin, Mao Ye We are interested in examining the security of password recovery mechanisms, primarily in the context of financial

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[greatmanly]

Hurray for the internet! :D

Go to http://www.coursehero.com/copyright.php

Fax or email them a cease and desist letter and say that it will be followed up in mail. (Also follow up in mail.)

(Fax them! I am a big fan of faxes. Faxes are old and cranky! Do not mess with the fax man. :D)

CC GoDaddy on these communications. (Maybe also on the the written letter.) GoDaddy is their ISP. CopyrightClaims@godaddy.com and http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/legal_agreements/show_doc.asp?pageid=TRADMARK_COPY

Make sure that you follow both GoDaddy's form letter instructions and CourseHero's. They are similar, and totally reasonable.

[greatmanly]

I'm entertained. It looks like a lot of your colleagues' work is up there. If I were you, actually, I'd talk to a few of them (like Barrett), and have a quick chat with the university law office or other advisors in the CS department to see if they'll do the work for you