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Dear dilemma'd of Waikerie who writes

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Subject: Dear dilemma'd of Waikerie who writes
From: "Terry Pacey" <>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 12:27:51 +1000
The general debate about revealing sites or not has been discussed in full
earlier this year as well as other years.  I have an opinion but sent it
direct to Peter rather than rehash the full debate again.

My old mate Penn Gwynne said the following: " ...  Thank goodness says thee
red headed Pen-Gwynne that Yahoo more then adequately checks all that signs
up for them eh? ..."  This DOES need challenging.

I recently needed to remain anonymous in dealing with politicians and the
media.  I registered with Yahoo.  I created a completely fictitious person
with a full address, date and place of birth and occupation.  This was
accepted easily and I accomplished my mission while retaining my
anonyminity.  I used a number of different computers to send and receive the
emails.

Since this exercise, I have not used the Yahoo address again and I don't
even know if it is current.

I realise that this only adds to the dilemma but Penn Gwynne's other comment
"...  When I get an email from a person wanting to know this and that about
a certain bird species I ask them for a return snail mail address or and
their home phone number.  Do all of us do the same? nothing beats a face to
face contact to help with a process of verification, and a happy family snap
type photo taken when you meet certainly assists ..." makes a lot of sense.

Terry Pacey





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