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- From: maynard@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Roger Maynard)
- Subject: Re: WELL anonymity policy
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.160614.17462@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca>
- Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON
- References: <1h7j0eINNs02@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Dec23.023944.19968@eff.org> <1h995rINNb1h@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Dec23.152701.25676@eff.org>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 16:06:14 GMT
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- In <1992Dec23.152701.25676@eff.org> mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin) writes:
-
- >I wasn't talking about "the exact same technique." I was talking about
- >*using* the WELL and finding out for yourself whether its anonymity
- >policies create problems or complaints. The only data you seem to have are
- >based on a speculative reading of one sentence of the WELL's membership
- >policy. You are talking about a problem that doesn't seem to exist.
-
- Admittedly, I am coming into this thread a little late but why don't you
- simply charge a premium for "pseudonymity". That way people who genuinely
- desire to remain anonymous could pay for the privilege. If you make the
- premium high enough then those who desire anonymity on a "whim" will have
- to think twice.
-
- rm
-
- --
- Roger Maynard
- maynard@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca
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