Phil Karn comments on my proposal:

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(Cypherpunks remailers may want to change the "Nobody" and "Anonymous" tags to names that are less screenable, less susceptible to censorship by ARMM-type programs. Using a rotating list of fictional or historical names may be an approach, but I'm sure we can think of many ways to bypass ARMM-type cancellers.)

I'm not sure I like this idea. In my own discussions with people on this issue, I've found that "filterability" (for lack of a better term) overcomes *many* (if not all) of the standard objections to anonymous email.

A very good point. I was thinking more about the "ARMM"-style attacks and not so much about the normal filters people might write to keep from seeing anonymous posts. So, anything we do to make it hard for a determined attacker (writing ARMM-style filters), makes it even harder for casual users. I guess the solution is to discourage global, ARMM-style filters (and perhaps even look again, as a community, at digital sigs for postings, so that only the author can cancel them). -Tim May -- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^756839 | Public Key: MailSafe and PGP available.