The following anon msg sent to the cpunks list contained your account (ebrandt@jarthur.cs.hmc.edu) as the reply to:
Date: Thu Apr 28 00:36:57 PDT 1994 From: nobody@jarthur.cs.hmc.edu Reply to: ebrandt@jarthur.cs.hmc.edu To: cypherpunks@toad.com Subject: spooks on cypherpunks
NetSurfer <jdwilson@gold.chem.hawaii.edu> Robert Mathews <mathews@gold.chem.hawaii.edu> be aware
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Are you the sender? Do you know who the sender is? Why exactly is this person defaming my name with this outrageous accusation?
Cheer up, NetSurfer, as nobody takes anonymous accusations too seriously...at least not anyboy with any common sense. Reputations matter, and anonymous entities who provide no verifiable info (not that many of us want to see such info, or would bother to investigate it) have almost zero reputation. The calculus of reputations thus means that anonymous accusations carry little weight. There's a lot more to be said here. This issue lies close to the heart of how crypto anarchy works. --Tim May -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^859433 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."