Re: Netnews: The Origin Story

Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:

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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
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