From: pmetzger@shearson.com (Perry E. Metzger)
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 08:40:09 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: possible solution to the anonymous harrassment problem
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> From: Rusty_H._Hodge@horizon.amgen.com
> 
> >for example, i can send postal mail with high confidence 
> >of anonymity, and can make anonymous phone calls (with care,
> >e.g., by using phone booths and moving around).
> 
> What about that little old ladie that watches the PO Box and Phone Booth
> from her window?  What about the postman who sees you place the letter in
> the mailbox?

Any postman who can distinguish your plain white envelope at a distance
from the five thousand other plain white envelopes going into the mailbox
likely has sufficient psychic powers that he doesn't need to watch at all.

As for the compulsive payphone watchers, well, wear a disguise.


Perry