Future of anonymity (short-term vs. long-term)

Re: authenticated news software

Also, keep in mind that netnews is run by lots of real sites, who have real assets which could be reached if sued by RSA.

Why is there a presumption that any such authenticated news software would be used without license? RSADSI is not trying to sit on their patents, but to make money from them.

There doesn't seem to be a lot of realism in these discussions, which is really bothering me.

What you believe to be real and what I believe to be real may be different. To claim that another is being unrealistic is to mask what is foremost a difference in belief. What assumptions here do you disagree with? If you are explicit, perhaps we can forge an agreement. Eric