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Re: How anonymous?




It would seem that if you are able to profile Dick's writing style to 
such a degree that you can verify that a post is from Dick, then I can 
profile Dick's writing style in such a way as to accurately mimic Dick. 
On the other hand, if you knew Dick, we wouldn't be having this discussion.

On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Anonymous wrote:

> > It seems that if Dick has a certain vocabulary,
> > uses a certain sentence structure, etc., and
> > regularly posts using a nym, that this form and
> > content could be traced to Dick, so the likelihood
> > of the post coming from him and not Jane would
> > be that much increased.
> 
> This is true.  Probably most people know who I am.
> 
>