Author: Paul Richards
Date: 12:56:43 06/07/99
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On June 07, 1999 at 14:15:24, Will Singleton wrote: >You make some good points. However, we are talking about CCC here, not the >rest of the internet. And, don't forget, I would be more than willing to >provide proof of identity to ICD. That was part of Harald's proposal. Well that's a personal choice. If forced I would have to decide between that and participating. I do participate on closed email lists using my real ISP account. I've had this account for three years and have never gotten a SINGLE spam email even though I'm all over the net, usenet, discussion boards, etc., precisely because I don't ever use that address in any public forum. I don't know what would constitute real proof of identity, but I would have to trust the moderators and/or Mr. Schwarz with it. Now I'm pretty neutral in all these moderator goings-on, but I do note that there has been a bit of animosity between members and moderators at times, and "outing" a person's real ID is one way people can annoy each other. Seen it before, just not here yet. I already had Sean Evans or some pal of his read my posts here because I argued with him on r.g.c.c., so as long as that is possible I will certainly not post with a real address. Mr. Schwarz may be a nice guy too, but keeping my real email out of commercial hands is the whole reason I use alternate accounts online. So I can't do that either. Just not into blind faith, been burned too many times. :) When I first came online many years ago I used real everything, but like many net vets I realized that the online culture is not what it used to be, and I choose not to be a victim of drivebys and other online street crime. If you can't clean the vermin off the streets, I'm keeping the bars on my windows. :)
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