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Skriven 2015-09-20 18:27:59 av Lee Lofaso (2:203/2)
     Kommentar till en text av Matt Bedynek
Ärende: Quite Interesting
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Hello Matt,

An interesting hypothetical situation.  Of course, there are
many Russian immigrants living in the US.  I have no idea as to
how many of them might be sysops, but certainly there may be
a few.  But let us consider your comments here, in this echo,
where all participants can chime in - not just a small handful
of sysops in a sysops-only echo.  Fair enough?

                   -=quote=-

If there is Russian immigrant sysop living in the US he might more
closely relate to having a node in R50.  If he is connectable by
fidonet standards now seperated only by internet hops why try to
impose a restriction?

Besides, if a person wanted to they could just lie about their actual
location anyway.  I could claim to live in England but that my ndoe is
hosted in the US.  How could anyone verify it?

                  -=end quote=-

David Drummond correctly noted that "Without a node address it is
technically impossible to send a netmail to that person."  So do keep
that in mind.

However, that does not keep unscrupulous individuals from swiping
somebody else's node and pretending to be somebody they are not.
In fact, such a thing has happened before.  With the knowledge and
consent of the zone 1 coordinator, as well as her lapdog and elist
keeper.

I will spare you the details, since everybody here already knows
all about it.  But here are the basics -

A religious nutcase from California swiped the node of a sysop
from Hawaii and pretended to be a sysop from Guam while using a
handle/alias in order to disguise his own real name.  The sysop
from Hawaii was on a tour of duty in Iraq, being a member of the
US military, and was not aware of what had happened.  As such,
the real sysop (the soldier from Hawaii) should not be faulted
or blamed for what had happened.

It was all a game of pretend.  That is how the faker did it.
He pretended to have submitted an application for a node.  The
Z1C pretended to have granted him a node.

The faker lied about his name.  The faker lied about his location.
The faker lied about his phone number.  The faker lied about being
a sysop, and just about everything else that can possibly be lied
about by a man (or a woman).

Of course, the faker needed help from above in order to carry out
his ruse.  And he got it from the Z1C, who was in on it from day one.

Of course, it all came crashing down once the patriotic American
soldier returned from his tour of duty in Iraq.

--Lee

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