From: Man@the.keyboard   
      
   On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 20:15:41 +1100, Daniel70   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 1/02/2026 11:23 pm, Chris wrote:   
   >> John  wrote:   
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   >> [snip]   
   >>   
   >>> And is "Maria Sophia" not a real girl? I always read her as being a   
   >>> girl?   
   >>   
   >> Nope. He's an octogenarian grandfather from the Santa Cruz mountains. At   
   >> least that's what he's told us many a time. "Maria" is his latest nym. He   
   >> changes it often for "privacy" reasons.   
   >   
   >'He changes it often for "privacy" reasons.' ..... "privacy" reasons,   
   >sure .... if He/She/it keeps changing it, nobody will ever be able to   
   >locate him and his advise.   
      
    How does changing your 'Nym enhance privacy? Surely one can be   
   attacked just as easily no matter *what* 'Nym one uses? The idea of   
   using one is sound, as it slightly obscures your real name and place   
   of residence a littly bit, but going all "Dave The Boater" is surely   
   stupid.   
      
   >   
   >But nymshifting *IS* a well known habit of SPAMMERS ... to beat those   
   >who FILTER on a NAME!!   
      
    Well, that's why "Dave The Boater" and Archie Poo do it. They think   
   that whatever they say is so golden, so wise, so genuinely genius and   
   so *important* that no one must *ever* be allowed to escape from it.   
      
    They are like Mush but without the thousands of programmers writing   
   code that works around filters to ensure that their messages always   
   get through.   
      
      
      
   >   
   >PLONK!! .... I think is the required response .... at least for NOW!!   
      
    Yes, but .......   
      
    I *liked* Maria.   
      
                                                               J.   
      
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