FC: John "More Guns Less Crime" Lott's Net pseudonym exposed

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[I've always enjoyed what I've read of John Lott's work (though I'm hardly 
familiar with all of it). Let this be a lesson on the RISKS of static IP 
addresses and trying to be pseudonymous through IP address obscurity. If 
you would be embarrassed by what your pseudonym does or says, remember to 
use a reasonable form of identity-obscuration. For weak pseudonymity that 
would survive Julian's investigation but not a subpoena, use a different 
dialup account. For stronger pseudonymity, use a remailer or a public 
802.11 node. --Declan]

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Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 08:50:24 -0800 (PST)
From: herror <blackmarkets () yahoo com>
Subject: the pitfalls of static IPs
To: declan () well com

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declan,
    Have you seen Julian Sanchez's post about "More Guns, Less Crime"
author John Lott's pseudonomynous newsgroup alter ego.  Funny twist
ending (except to Mr Lott I'm sure) to a long tale of lost data and
questions of academic integrity.  it's here:
http://juliansanchez.com/2003_01_01_notesarch.html#90216211
                           best,
                           tom brennan phila pa
                           http://agendabender.blogspot.com/

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