[65757] in Cypherpunks
Re: Snake-Oil FAQ
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dale Thorn)
Wed Sep 18 04:46:39 1996
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 01:15:05 -0700
From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
To: Krenn <krenn@nym.alias.net>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
Krenn wrote:
> It would be nice to have a list of actual products which are deemed
> potential snake-oil. Such a list could be maintained anonymously
> through a nym to avoid all the annoying legal problems with commenting
> on another's product. Though truth is the best defense against libel
> charges, it would be very annoying to be sued or some such by some
> hairbrained snake-oil peddler.
Think how much more annoying it would be if the shoe were on the other
foot.
