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re: [local] Report on Portland Cpunks meeting

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Lasser)
Wed Jan 24 14:02:59 1996

Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 13:49:17 -0500 (EST)
From: Jon Lasser <jlasser@rwd.goucher.edu>
To: Jonathan Rochkind <jrochkin@cs.oberlin.edu>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <ad2be4eb00021004ee75@[132.162.233.188]>

On Wed, 24 Jan 1996, Jonathan Rochkind wrote:

> If, on the other hand, I sign "Toxic Avenger"'s key, then what benefit is
> this for third parties?  Since Toxic Avenger is, by intention, _not_ linked
> to a real person, I'm not saying that I feel confident that this key really
> belongs to any particular real person.  What am I saying?

"Toxic Avenger" may be known to a group of people (ie he may be a member 
of a terrorist cell). You're claiming that the key belongs to the 
"legitimate" TA...

Jon Lasser
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