On message signing and Enigmail...

[Christopher J. Walters]

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On 2/1/2012 04:53 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> Easily forged, and machines are too easy to compromise.  This idea that
> an IP address is clear and convincing evidence of origin is absolute
> bonkers.  An IP address is evidence of *routing*.

Must you resort to the ad hominem fallacy?

> Maybe I have a darker view of human nature than you do, that's certainly
> possible, but I think it's a critical mistake to apply rational-actor
> theory to criminals.  (It's just as critical of a mistake to apply
> rational-actor theory to human beings.  Human beings ain't rational
> actors.)

I am not assuming that ANYONE is rational.  I am merely assuming that most
everyone is lazy, and would only go to that trouble if they had a personal
problem with the person they are targeting.  I know some teenagers who might,
"just for fun", but they usually target people they have a problem with.

> The only way this argument can be refuted is for me to commit a felony
> (breaking the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act).  I'll happily give a
> general outline of how it can be done, but I'm not going to commit a
> felony just to prove a point.  That way lies madness.

Yet, you did not give that outline.  I think we'll just have to agree to
disagree on this one.  It is already heating up, and the last thing we want
here is a flame war.

Regards,
Christopher J. Walters

P.S.  I shall not add more fuel to the fire, so to speak.  I stand by my
decision to sign my messages, and respect your choice not to do so.  I only ask
the same respect from you.  In the end, as all things, this is a personal choice.
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