From: Seth Breidbart (sethb@panix.com)
Date: Thu Jan 18 2001 - 00:30:28 CST
> Privacy is constantly shown to be something that everybody says
> they strongly want, but which they don't inconvenience themselves
> much to get because the negative consequences of lost privacy
> usually come well after the choice.
That is, privacy is something people claim they strongly want when
asked, but when it comes down to paying some small amount or suffering
some small inconvenience to get, they decide it isn't worth it.
Given that they can get privacy by using one of the Usenet providers
that offers it, for a small monthly cost (<$5), I don't see why the
default shouldn't be to use the raw IP address (as is presently the
case). People who want privacy can get it. Clueless sites will not
be handicapped by the software being harder to use than necessary.
Seth