Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Mike Easter Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: alt.anonymous.messages Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 05:03:38 -0700 Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <20140416111547.ba81b447.rsw@therandymon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net sUQOfk5p2t41zEsEKmCfvwo8VPKbWZ71OQG/6SDoYLQkC7f3YF Cancel-Lock: sha1:A1LhQ8RCoAfS25s/RwQK7ZfkSEQ= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 In-Reply-To: <20140416111547.ba81b447.rsw@therandymon.com> Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:2405 RS Wood wrote: > Question: does anyone have any idea what is going on in that group? > Endless, PGP messages of the same format and length? It's a form of shared mailbox; mixing a bunch of different people's messages into the same pile. One person can anonymously post an encrypted message there by way of avoiding evidence they posted/sent it, while another person can acquire the message from the public/shared mailbox by way of avoiding evidence they received it and then decrypt it. The recipient downloads (or sees) all the messages or message headers in the mailbox/newsgroup and is (only) able to decrypt the one/s intended for them. -- Mike Easter