Jim Choate writes:
On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Russell Nelson wrote:
AARG!Anonymous writes:
So don't read too much into the fact that a bunch of anonymous postings have suddenly started appearing from one particular remailer. For your information, I have sent over 400 anonymous messages in the past year to cypherpunks, coderpunks, sci.crypt and the cryptography list (35 of them on TCPA related topics).
We have, of course, no way to verify this fact, since your messages are not cryptographically signed. For someone who claims to be knowledgable about cryptography, this seems like a suspicious omission.
Bullshit Russ, plausable deniability alone justifies such behaviour.
Who sent them is irrelevant except to cultists of personality (eg CACL adherents).
I agree that it's irrelevant. So why is he trying to argue from authority (always a fallacy anyway) without *even* having any way to prove that he is that authority? Fine, let him desire plausible deniability. I plausibly deny his appeal to (self-)authority as being completely without merit. -- -russ nelson http://russnelson.com | Crynwr sells support for free software | PGPok | businesses persuade 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | governments coerce Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo@wasabisystems.com