From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   Computer Nerd Kev  wrote:   
   > D  wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 7 Nov 2024, Sn!pe wrote:   
   >>> I think D is more concerned about anonymity than other considerations,   
   >>> then about 'eavesdropping'.  I'm sure he'll tell us RSN.   
   >>   
   >> This is the correct interpretation. I our times of polarization and   
   >> net-hating, having a modicum of anonymity and privacy is very nice.   
   >   
   > That's not about Usenet being unencrypted then. Your identity is   
   > equally compromised whether you post here via NNTP or NNTPS. But   
   > you might still not be individually identifiable if you take other   
   > measures to protect it.   
      
   Anonymity on Usenet is facilitated (in today's world) by the fact that   
   most every poster is using a "commercial" service [1] that does not   
   enforce strict naming requirements on the From: line contents.  By   
   having the freedom to post as "From: D " in the   
   From: line, D has more anonymity than they would have had back in the   
   mid 90's when their Usenet access would likely have been via $job or   
   college, and both $job and college would most likely have enforced use   
   of a "real name and real email address" in the From: line.   
      
      
      
   [1] I'm lumping eternal september in here as "commercial" -- I'm not   
   using "paid" as "commercial", instead the distinction is "signed up   
   for/aquired by the user" vs.  "supplied by $job or college to the   
   user".   
      
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