ISP is not an important part of identity

[Tim May]

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At 2:28 PM -0700 11/2/97, Secret Squirrel wrote:

>For that matter, I'm not sure the the e-mail address and user name are
>good things to associate with the key.  The e-mail address changes all
>the time.  The user name should be assigned by you as part of the
>authentication procedure, not by the person offering the key.
>
>Monty Cantsin
>Editor in Chief
>Smile Magazine


Yep, I get people asking me to "prove" that the "Tim May" who uses the
got.net ISP is the same "Tim May" as "tcmay at netcom.com," which got
associated with my original 1992 key generation.

I try to tell them, "I'm that same entity, whoever that is, if I can sign
messages with that key."

They somehow think the tcmay at netcom.com vs. tcmay at got.net dichotomy is
what's really important. I then ignore them.

- --Tim May


The Feds have shown their hand: they want a ban on domestic cryptography
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Timothy C. May              | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money,
ComSec 3DES:   408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero
W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA  | knowledge, reputations, information markets,
Higher Power: 2^2,976,221   | black markets, collapse of governments.
"National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."



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