On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:49:02 -0000 'Ant'
wrote this on alt.comp.freeware:

>"hummingbird" wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:53:04 +0100 'Sebastian G.'
>> wrote this on alt.comp.freeware:
>>
>>>hummingbird wrote:
>>>> Suffice it for me to say that the contents of one's headers can be
>>>> used by stalkers and troublemakers against you.
>>
>>>How so?
>>
>> Well you'll just have to accept my word on that Sebastian because
>> I'm not going to post stuff here which is of use to the small group
>> of sick stalkers we have on <alt.comp.freeware>. These people only
>> have to find one header in several posts that match, to declare they
>> were posted by the same person.
>
>So what?

Who are you? I was having a debate with Sebastian.

>> Now, you and I may think that is
>> ridiculous and is only trivial or circumstantial evidence, but on
>> ACF it's more than enough for the dorks to declare proven guilt and
>> to accuse that person of sockpuppeting or spoofing
>
>Who cares?

Ditto. If you don't care, why bother posting at all?

>> to smear their name and discredit them.
>
>What tosh. Any regular poster keeps the same handle and is judged by
>the articles they post, not by trolls.

You obviously are a little naive about these matters.

>> Thus, it can be useful for a person to be able to deliberately
>> manipulate their headers to *deter* stalker attack and to retain
>> a level of anonymity.
>
>I always post as "Ant" but you know nothing about me apart from the
>ISP I use.


You forgot these headers of yours which all help to ID you:

X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.189.16.24
X-Postfilter: 1.3.37
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200


Now what were you saying?

Ant, if you have some constructive views on this debate please
express them, otherwise go away.