Some person an41925@anon.penet.fi has been sending me particularly vicious and harrassing mail lately. It's a good thing that he did it anonymously--I might be upset if a real person made the kind of accusations that he did. He was upset by my tcmay == hfinney implication I made in some earlier message. I was really fascinated by this response:
No one will prove that May is Finney because May is not Finney. I see no similarity in the style or content of their posts, they don't appear to support or butress each others arguments any more than any random pair of people on the list, I see nothing to indicate they are the same. I wish you would come up with some evidence if you continue to make these wild accusations.
Actually, I see some interesting similarities. May is interested in digital pornography, and I just saw H.Finney post on the subject the other day. (Actually, a whole lot of cryptoanarchists posted on the subject, but that's another story). May is really upset by accusations that he doesn't handhold newcomers like H.Finney does. Could it be that the former is upset that people aren't recognizing his actual work because of his pseudospoofing, attributing it to the latter? That would be most ironic! Just another one of the pathetic freakshows that cypherpunks are proud of. Also, H.Finney posts from soda.berkeley.edu, same site as E.Hughes and the Cypherpunk archives. He is very clearly a Top Cypherpunk, given many apologist statements on the subject. And given that Top Cypherpunks have always been interested in `pseudopooling', or surrreptiously and conspirationally posting from each other's accounts, it is not unlikely IMHO that H.Finney is either a pseudopooler, pseudospoofer, or a tentacle. H.Finney was also involved in the defense of `known tentacles' like J.Dinkelacker. Also, the point that this an41925@anon.penet.fi makes that H.Finney and T.C.May are different people -- note that he gives absolutely no verifiable real world evidence whatsoever. It makes me think he is just another psychopunk who lives in his cyberspatial hallucinations. He makes reference to `similarity in style or content of posts, no appearance of supporting or butressing each other's arguments any more than any random pair of people on the list.' But notice that these are all things that a master pseudospoofer would endeavor to avoid! The whole *point*of pseudospoofing is to deceive others in an undetected way. Obviously, none of this proves that H.Finney == T.C.May. It only says that this person's arguments are essentially completely empty of solid evidential facts that prove anything conclusive. `I see nothing to indicate they are the same' he whines. IMHO, `I see nothing to indicate they are different.'
I wish you would come up with some evidence if you continue to make these wild accusations.
This is another interesting psychopunk argument, placing the burden of proof on someone who makes an accusation about nonexistence, when obviously the burden of proof in cyberspace should be on those who wish to prove they exist, because every aspect of the Internet encourages the opposite conclusion -- that `they' are a tentacle. There are no humans in cyberspace! Only email addresses! To equate the two is the most dangerous deception imaginable! Are we to rely on human nature and honesty? Remember, we are dealing with pathological liars and psychopaths here. Unless the accused denies the claim, there is not really any need for proof. We simply assume that everyone is a tentacle until evidence arises to the contrary, and get a proof by contradiction. Psychopunks prefer Proof by Lies.
The point I'm trying to make is that you just look foolish, accusing people of pseudospoofing who do not appear to be doing so to neutral observers
That's the key -- fooling neutral observers into believing that no one is pseudospoofing. This is the central weapon of the pseudospoofer. Telling his opponents that they are insane paranoiacs for believing that there is no guarantee whatseover that a unique nametag corresponds to a unique person! Until people wake up and smell the excrement, the pseudospoofer gets away with his treachery unhindered. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To find out more about the anon service, send mail to help@anon.penet.fi. Due to the double-blind, any mail replies to this message will be anonymized, and an anonymous id will be allocated automatically. You have been warned. Please report any problems, inappropriate use etc. to admin@anon.penet.fi.