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Re: [CFRG] please use real names (was: Re: Small subgroup question for draft-irtf-cfrg-hash-to-curve)

Phillip Hallam-Baker <phill@hallambaker.com> Sun, 11 April 2021 22:17 UTC

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From: Phillip Hallam-Baker <phill@hallambaker.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 18:17:17 -0400
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Subject: Re: [CFRG] please use real names (was: Re: Small subgroup question for draft-irtf-cfrg-hash-to-curve)
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It took me less than 30 seconds to discover the identity of the
'pseudonymous' contributor and a further ten to obtain an absurd amount of
information from public sources.

Why are we even having a discussion of pseudonymity when all that has
happened is someone didn't fill out the name field in whatever email client
they were using.

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