Certainly good for a few chuckles at first, but I wouldn't want to be around after they backtracked the originating IP ;-( On Sun, 16 Dec 2001, Major Variola (ret) wrote:

At 10:16 PM 12/15/01 -0800, John Young wrote:

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Wonder if there are publics keys in the registries for AF?

If no one has already done this, the humor value in publishing a public key under names like OBL would certainly collect some interesting messages.

It would also demonstrate something about the (lack of) value of a claimed (but personally unverified) association of a Real Meat Person and a key. (A good prankster would of course create other IDs which would vouch for OBLs.. much like when a CIA agent gives out a number which will vouch for his employment in a benign industry..)

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