Re: OT: impersonate TE (was: Re: [Evolution] Evolution's GPG Behavior)

[Tony Earnshaw <tonni billy demon nl>]

lør, 2003-01-04 kl. 22:05 skrev Bill Hartwell:

> What's really sad is that I started using PGP, then switched to GPG when
> it had matured enough to replace PGP, because people were impersonating
> me on newsgroup postings.

Unbelievable (translated from Dutch: "Hoe kan dat nou?" in my head).
Means more or less: "Why should they want to?"

If (apart from Dagurashibanipal) anybody tried it, without my
permission, I'd do my best to hang them out. (More ways to kill a cat
than choking it with cheese).

> I ended up for a while basically operating under the "if
> you get a message that claims to be from me and it's not PGP signed,
> it's a forgery" principle. I haven't done much newsgroup stuff lately,
> but the habit of using GPG hasn't changed.

I used it, but had so many Outlook users complain that they couldn't
open my mail, that I stopped. If anyone had tried to impersonate me
(that I knew about), then that would have been different.

> Besides the habit part, it's also a political statement. The less any
> government can control, the better, and since GPG means they can't
> control a poster's privacy that's one more useful tool against the
> State.

Certainly don't agree there. Pursue  the logic for yourself. You don't
even believe it yourself; you're merely mimicking the cry of the
uncastrated, male tomcat.

Best,

Tony

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