Jim Choate writes: > > On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Russell Nelson wrote: > > > AARG!Anonymous writes: > > > So don't read too much into the fact that a bunch of anonymous postings > > > have suddenly started appearing from one particular remailer. For your > > > information, I have sent over 400 anonymous messages in the past year > > > to cypherpunks, coderpunks, sci.crypt and the cryptography list (35 > > > of them on TCPA related topics). > > > > We have, of course, no way to verify this fact, since your messages > > are not cryptographically signed. For someone who claims to be > > knowledgable about cryptography, this seems like a suspicious omission. > > Bullshit Russ, plausable deniability alone justifies such behaviour. > > Who sent them is irrelevant except to cultists of personality (eg CACL > adherents).
I agree that it's irrelevant. So why is he trying to argue from authority (always a fallacy anyway) without *even* having any way to prove that he is that authority? Fine, let him desire plausible deniability. I plausibly deny his appeal to (self-)authority as being completely without merit. -- -russ nelson http://russnelson.com | Crynwr sells support for free software | PGPok | businesses persuade 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | governments coerce Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]