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How anonymous? (fwd)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
Fri Nov 14 21:29:40 1997

From: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>
To: cypherpunks@ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 20:14:53 -0600 (CST)
Reply-To: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>

Forwarded message:

> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 20:36:59 -0500
> From: Anonymous <anon@anon.efga.org>
> Subject: How anonymous?

> > It seems that if Dick has a certain vocabulary,
> > uses a certain sentence structure, etc., and
> > regularly posts using a nym, that this form and
> > content could be traced to Dick, so the likelihood
> > of the post coming from him and not Jane would
> > be that much increased.
> 
> This is true.  Probably most people know who I am.

Most people don't care who you are.


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