Comments on: Clubbing Baby Seals

By: virgil xenophon

virgil xenophon — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:27:21 +0000

G-Man/

Will you give me a discount to use your guys to reverse engr to protect me from the local cops and the Feds both? It’s tough duckin’ and dodgin’ in the blogosphere. Names have to be changed to protect the guilty!

By: JoeC

JoeC — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:30:03 +0000

Well, it seems that Michelle Sullivan has apologized:

http://patterico.com/2009/10/05/sullivan-apologizes/

By: JoeC

JoeC — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:16:42 +0000

The old “security by obscurity” is a hard mindset to beat. Our security people beat us vigorously about the head and shoulders with the facts and figures and (*ahem*) even I fall into the trap on occasion…. mainly because of laziness. I gave up on the web and use my real initials (although I use my 30+yo navy tag on YAHOO for an email just to deflect the spamming).

By: G-man

G-man — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:48:17 +0000

Kris
We find it better to leave them secure in their blanket of “anonymity”. but as Ron alludes, their blanket is made of saran wrap. My guys love chasing ‘em down, they’re good and they take their jobs very seriously. Sometimes too much. Techno-nerds with birth control glasses and protect protectors is not far from the truth. One ex-Navy, one ex- Coastie, one ex-Air Force. $135 an hr but discounted rates to any of Lex’s Legions.

By: Kris, in New England

Kris, in New England — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:18:58 +0000

Yup. Finding out who a troll is, is quite simple these days. Which speaks volumes to the intellect of people who think they are anonymous.

By: Ron Snyder

Ron Snyder — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:11:53 +0000

It really is funny how many people do not understand just how transparent the Web is.

Takes a GREAT deal of effort, by someone who knows what they are doing, to be anonymous on the Web.