[117803] in Cypherpunks
A True Tale of Internet Terror
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Fri Sep 10 18:58:39 1999
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 00:36:16 +0200 (CEST)
Message-Id: <199909102236.AAA27656@mail.replay.com>
From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
[Another national columnist with a serious clue shortage.
You might have thought that such a self-proclaimed hipster
as Ted "Voice for Generation X" Rall would have figured out
email by now, but no such luck.]
http://www.uexpress.com/ups/opinion/column/ru/text/1999/08/ru9908129246.html
[...]
You already knew that cyberspace is lawless. What you may not
know is that anyone with a grudge or too much time on his hands
can smear your reputation with your relatives, your co-workers
and your friends...
Even worse, the Internet is currently configured to protect
anonymity over legitimacy...
Only a criminal needs an anonymous online identity... nobody
should be able to get an e-mail account without providing
detailed name and home address information...
Until Congress wises up, however, you're on your own. Anyone who
remains offline does so at the risk of his or her personal
destruction...
