17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
* Posting to a newsgroups allows piggy-backing on two things: 1. The world-wide distribution (in most cases) of newsgroups. The newsgroups are distributed to zillions of local sites, making attempted analysis of who is checking for messages all the more difficult. I think this is the way to go, and I don't think we need special groups for it either. Tim, just as an experiment, post a message to any group you like (except netcom ones!) with 'gtoal' in it somewhere (innocuously, like in a .sig), and I'll show you how easy it is to find stuff that's addressed to you. Of course, anyone else can find it too - you can't hide that the message was posted, but you certainly can't track who read it. G