-- At 05:29 PM 4/15/2001 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:
If I know a person's meatspace identity and ties with religious/social/family groups, I'm far more likely to lend them money then if they're using a throwaway hushmail account.
If Bob is doing the latter, he won't get credit in the first place. If he's using a known meatspace identity, I can do the research and likely succeed.
But people on EBay do use nyms. Naturally they prefer to do business with a nym that has a long history of honestly completing deals on EBay. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG bozoFF8pZ3WC8eVjUTzYPNmML3V5P4XS5IwNl8ce 4iisrxL8cQKwFyCFBpvG7wV86Wzmx6LENVNNQIW/b ----------------------------------------------------- We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because of the kind of animals that we are. True law derives from this right, not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state. http://www.jim.com/jamesd/ James A. Donald