From ld231782 Sun Nov 14 23:12:07 1993 Return-Path: Received: from casco.lance.colostate.edu by longs.lance.colostate.edu (5.65/lance.1.5) id AA23683; Sun, 14 Nov 93 23:12:03 -0700 Message-Id: <9311150612.AA23683@longs.lance.colostate.edu> To: cypherpunks@toad.com Cc: ld231782 Subject: *hot* pseudospoofing ideas! Date: Sun, 14 Nov 93 23:12:01 -0700 From: "L. Detweiler" X-Mts: smtp here's an interesting idea. Suppose that whenever cypherpunks in favor of pseudospoofing emailed me, I put all their posts into a big pot. Since they all advocate the same ideas, I would just file all the different paragraphs in favor of pseudanonymity, against democracy, in favor of anarchy, in favor of tax evasion etc. in different folders. Then, whenever one of the cypherpunks sends me mail, I just pick a paragraph at random from the folders that match his idea. I could do this with public postings too. I have been filling out very many form letters lately anyway on the same old tired, depraved ideas. And I might even have a lot of fun with misattributing people's writing. That would be quite clever! I'm sure the cypherpunks would get a great kick out of that. The blurring of identities is perfect. No one would know who said what! Why, I might even put together software that promotes all this, and turn it loose on the Cypherpunks list (but of course, not tell anyone--that would take all the fun of it, and besides, if they knew they might leave). There's nothing unethical about it, because I *can* do it. It would be like those scenarios right out of that great science fiction, like Enders Game. I could pretend that different cypherpunks existed. No one would care. The effect would be the same. They are all interchangeable anyway. there is only a message.