In article <m0pneHy-0001W9C@ideath>, you write the following: GR> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- GR> GR> GR> > The Zimmerman prank---I'm sure not funny for him---hardens my line GR> > further against anonymity online. At its best, as here, it is an GR> > unholy nuisance. GR> GR> Interesting. The recent thread on alt.security re someone who mentioned GR> thoughts of suicide on Usenet and was held for 48 hours' psychiatric GR> evaluation hardens my line in favor of anonymity online. GR> [stuff deleted] GR> GR> How will we stop folks from setting up accounts with names other than GR> their "real names" .. or from stealing others' accounts .. or from GR> forging mail? A $1000 PC can run Linux and SLIP and look to the rest of GR> the net like any other IP-connected site; how will we enforce our rules GR> on those systems? You can run slip on a $200 vintage IBM-AT. Patrick :) --- "In a Time/CNN poll of 1,000 Americans conducted last week by Yankelovich Partners, two-thirds said it was more important to protect the privacy of phone calls than to preserve the ability of police to conduct wiretaps. When informed about the Clipper Chip, 80% said they opposed it." - Philip Elmer-Dewitt, "Who Should Keep the Keys", TIME, Mar. 4 1994 == To get PGP, FTP /pub/unix/security/crypt/pgp23A.zip from ftp.funet.fi ==