Anonymous Credit

[Ben Laurie]

Hadmut Danisch wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 09:13:32PM +0100, Ben Laurie wrote:
> > Just thought I should point out that recycling an old idea allows
> > researchers to publish stuff anonymously that could be illegal under
> > DMCA (or other ridiculous legislation) and still get the credit when the
> > world comes to its senses. The formula is simple: create a PGP key and
> > sign the publication. Publish anonymously (or pseudonymously, if you
> > prefer) in the usual way (carefully, please!). Once it becomes legal to
> > claim the credit, prove you have the corresponding private key, and
> > there you are.
> 
> What does me keep from catching the message,
> stripping off the signature, add a new
> signature with my own (secret, freshly created) key but with an older
> date, publish it with my signature, and later claim to be the
> author?

The fact that the message by the real author appeared first. No-one
would care what date you claimed on the key.

Cheers,

Ben.

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