At 2003-08-04T17:41:37Z, Alan Connor <alanc@kanga.honeypot.net> writes: Hello, alanc@kanga. ;-) > Funny. I know someone who has 2 of those PGP signatures things, neither of > which use his real name or stats. What makes you think that my real name is Kirk Strauser? > He can prove that he is someone he isn't. That's kind of irrelevant. What he *can* prove with certainty is that all of his posts originate from the same entity. In the same way, I could be Becky Smith using an alias. Regardless of my real identity, you know that any post with my signature was written by *me*. If you trust this representation, do you really care if there's an exact correlation to a real-world identity? > This fellow isn't even a particularly skilled hacker. No hacking (of either definition) required. :) > He posts on THIS list, which is the source of my amusement. Do you know how easy it is, Alan, to create a new persona? Particularly if you have control over a mailserver so that you can create an infinite number of real-looking accounts? -- Kirk Strauser
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