Computerworld, February 12, 1996, Front page: "Anonymous remailers have a lot of nasty potential," said Stephen T. Kent, chief scientist for security technology at
So do kitchen knives or automobiles.
So do brain-dead journalists and "security experts". Oops, take that back, no probability involved, they are nasty problems. [..]
One snowy day last month, for example, about 25% of the workforce at a defense contractor in Rockville, Md., went home after they received a bogus E-mail message dismissing them for the day. The message originated from an anonymous remailer that allowed the user to impersonate a senior company official.
:Was that a remailer or simply forged mail? How long have people been bitching about putting digital signatures on stuff like that. If it was signed, it could of been verified if indeed it was legit or not. Irregardless of where it came from, anybody stupid enough to believe everything they read, without checking out it's validity, deserves what they get. [..]
"As in the case of smallpox, yellow fever, flu epidemics, AIDS or malaria, it will take disasters before the public may accept that some forms of restrictions on the electronic freedom of speech and that privacy may be worthwhile."FNORD!
What?? like anonymous electronic media spreads the disease somehow. To the person who wrote the article, you have proved beond a shadow of a doubt that you are dense as a brick. Wrong type of virus, you mean the other kind.
Do's and don'tsAhem Unethical or illegal uses of anonymous remailers:[..] - To violate copyright laws ... Scientology... - To encourage others to commit unethical or illegal behavior
Oh Boo Hoo, the moral decay of society, that is your problem shithead, not mine, some of us survive no matter what happens to the rest of you. Regards, Michael Peponis PGP Key Avalible form MIT Key Server,or via finger