Anonymous Credit

[Ben Laurie]

Rich Salz wrote:
> 
> Clever.
> 
> > Note that you should be rather careful about leaving the private key
> > lying around, just in case someone guesses who you are. And, in case it
> > isn't obvious, don't use the key for anything else.
> 
> Perhaps safer:  after you sign the publication, sign a statement of
> identity (I am Inego Montoya, and I cracked Ebook as shonw in the paper
> signed by the key that signed this), write it to a floppy, and store
> that somewhere, then destroy the key.

I suppose this is safer, in that it is deniable ("Me? Crack Ebook? Its a
setup!").

Cheers,

Ben.

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