[LINK] Crypto parties to protect against govt intrusions

[Roger Clarke]

Does anyone know this fcassia bloke?

I certainly don't.

OTOH, I've learnt to read his emails, because they're always worth a look.

So I know the identity / persona, and that's actually all I need to know.

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At 2:43 -0300 24/9/12, Fernando Cassia wrote:
>Privacy is one thing, and I´m all for it, like secure (https) browsing,
>encryption and the like.
>
>Anonymity is another. When I write an email I´d like to know I´m writing to
>Jan Whitaker and that I can google the name and learn about the other
>person.
>
>On the other hand if you wrote as "wizardboop123" I wouldn´t take your
>writings with the same degree of attention...
>
>Anonimity breeds easier ability to create so-called "sock puppets". And
>then you don´t know whom you´re talking about anymore...
>
>Unless you live in a bloody dictatorshipwith a track record of imprisoning
>and torturing dissidents, I´d like to know whom I am talking -or exchanging
>emails- with. For the same reason I wouldn´t engage in a chat with someone
>wearing a mask while walking down the street.
>
>FC
>
>--
>During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary
>act
>- George Orwell
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