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   Scott Dorsey to Computer Nerd Kev   
   Re: Netnews: The Origin Story   
   08 Nov 24 01:29:23   
   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Computer Nerd Kev  wrote:   
   >   
   >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.   
      
   Indeed we tried that with anon.penet.fi and it seemed like a good idea   
   for a while, until it didn't.  That is an interesting bit of history   
   that the modern social media people don't seem to have learned.   
   --scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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