Anonymous code name allocated. // penet hack

[Lyman Hazelton]

On Mon, 1 Aug 1994 solman at MIT.EDU wrote:

> > > You have sent a message using the anonymous contact service.
> > > You have been allocated the code name an118905.
> > ... and so forth
> > 
> > I did not send any message using the remailer and I would be grateful
> > if the account were killed.  Is everybody on the cypherpunks list
> > getting this sort of harassment or is it just me?
> 
> me too, me too, but I don't use anonymous remailers anyway.
> 

  No, and I don't either, but now someone else can use those accounts and 
LOOK like they are you or me (or anyone else here).  Now suppose some 
twit decides to use one or more of those accounts to send threatening 
messages to the president or some other stupid thing... who are they 
going to come after, do you suppose?  NOT a nice scenario!

						Lyman

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