To: Hugh Watkins > I think only irresponsible or immature people use no archive and pseudonyms > they are ashamed of what they might say I hate screen names as well... but with all the identity theft that goes on nowdays it is best -not- to use your real name on the net. I do because I have been using the net for 20 years now and my name has been out there... but for someone just starting out screen names may be the best way to maintain their privacy. Allen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Derby City BBS -= Allen Prunty =- telnet://derbycitybbs.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Where Friends Gather --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.85 * Derby City Online - Louisville, KY - telnet://derbycitybbs.com

Allen Prunty wrote: > To: Hugh Watkins > > > I think only irresponsible or immature people use no archive and pseudonyms > > they are ashamed of what they might say > > I hate screen names as well... but with all the identity theft that goes on > nowdays it is best -not- to use your real name on the net. I do because I have > been using the net for 20 years now and my name has been out there... but for > someone just starting out screen names may be the best way to maintain their > privacy. > Be that as it may, if I get e-mail from "ghost45@spam.cop" asking about someone in my genealogy database, he's not getting an answer until/unless I figure out who he actually IS. Cheryl

singhals <singhals@erols.com> wrote: > Be that as it may, if I get e-mail from "ghost45@spam.cop" > asking about someone in my genealogy database, he's not > getting an answer until/unless I figure out who he actually IS. Me too, but I do not figure out anything. Such e-mails are deleted without any look into the e-mail's body.

Allen Prunty <allen.prunty@derbycitybbs.com.remove-lmn-this> wrote: > .. but for > someone just starting out screen names may be the best way to maintain their > privacy. Implies a strange definition of privacy because privacy is mostly violated "behind the screen" where screen names are irrelevant. - Even if it is not done today it could be done tomorrow.

Allen Prunty wrote: > To: Hugh Watkins > > > I think only irresponsible or immature people use no archive and pseudonyms > > they are ashamed of what they might say > > I hate screen names as well... but with all the identity theft that goes on > nowdays it is best -not- to use your real name on the net. I do because I have > been using the net for 20 years now and my name has been out there... but for > someone just starting out screen names may be the best way to maintain their > privacy. the only real problem is some females get stalked if they get too close to an obsessive type my life is an open book and in genealogy it is important to share family surnames obviously I maintain my privacy in important matters by thinking about what I say Hugh W