Re: double blind conspiracy

[David Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>]

>To: farber@central.cis.upenn.edu (David Farber)
>Cc: interesting-people@eff.org (interesting-people mailing list)
>Subject: Re: double blind conspiracy
>From: Craig Partridge <craig@aland.bbn.com>
>Date: Fri, 19 Nov 93 12:54:19 -0800
>
>
>Dave:
>
>    I've since learned that this little discovery is a "feature" of the
>anonymous server.  If someone using the server joins a mailing list and you
>post to the list, voila, you get an anonymous entry.
>
>    Personally, I find this a non-service, especially given discussions on
>comp.risks of the risks of having an anonymous account (essentially they ain't
>fully anonymous) and the general risk of having "accounts" one doesn't use
>(I try to minimize the accounts I have to keep track of).
>
>    Furthermore, I still can't figure out why mail to that entry doesn't get
>to me.
>
>Craig
>
>PS: All a bit sobering, since I've generally thought anonymous accounts were
>an interesting idea, even if I never wanted one.  Now that I've been caught
>in the system, I've conclude that at minimum some bugs need to be worked out.
>
>