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Which is why GP said: "And if I manage to get somebody else's private key (which happens so often these days, it's not even funny), I can...

Which is why GP said: "And if I manage to get somebody else's private key (which happens so often these days, it's not even funny), I can ruin someone else's career while I push my spam." Also, the biggest problem with PGP-type signing as a mechanism to control spam is not whether you can spoof the signature or not, it's that there's nothing in it that stops the spammer from generating a new identity once the current identity is tarnished.

Posted by CodeMage on Aug 3, 2015, 5:42 PM

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Which is why GP said: "And if I manage to get somebody else's private key (which happens so often these days, it's not even funny), I can...

CodeMageAug 3, 2015, 5:42 PM

Which is why GP said: "And if I manage to get somebody else's private key (which happens so often these days, it's not even funny), I can ruin someone else's career while I push my spam." Also, the biggest problem with PGP-type signing as a mechanism to control spam is not whether you can spoof the signature or not, it's that there's nothing in it that stops the spammer from generating a new identity once the current identity is tarnished.

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