MAIL: prank

[Karl Lui Barrus]

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>The Zimmerman prank---I'm sure not funny for him---hardens my line
>further against anonymity online.  At its best, as here, it is an
>unholy nuisance.

Why?  If you think about it, the prank doesn't demonstrate why
anonymity is bad - it could have been off with ordinary mail forgery.

What is does demonstrate is the need for digital signatures and
authentication.  In the future you would just ignore an announcement
of this sort if it doesn't have a valid digital signature.

Karl L. Barrus
klbarrus at owlnet.rice.edu

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