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[KornShell]

wait why do you need accounts? what are you doing with them?

I would ask the same thing.  It's not identity theft; it's identity switch.  But in some ways it amounts to the same thing.  What's up with this?  It makes me totally ignore who I am reading or talking to because I have no trust in the continuity of the person's identity.

It's okay to do this, but not okay to post a link to thesilkrdotcom.  Scratch my head.  Go figure.

People will make GPG accounts and sign messages that really need proven authenticy. For example here is my GPG sig: http://bitcoin-otc.com/viewgpg.php?nick=wachtwoord

I still don't get it.  What is a GPG account?

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[bitcoinbear]

wait why do you need accounts? what are you doing with them?

I would ask the same thing.  It's not identity theft; it's identity switch.  But in some ways it amounts to the same thing.  What's up with this?  It makes me totally ignore who I am reading or talking to because I have no trust in the continuity of the person's identity.

It's okay to do this, but not okay to post a link to thesilkrdotcom.  Scratch my head.  Go figure.

People will make GPG accounts and sign messages that really need proven authenticy. For example here is my GPG sig: http://bitcoin-otc.com/viewgpg.php?nick=wachtwoord

I still don't get it.  What is a GPG account?

A public/private cryptography pair. If you want to understand bitcoins, you should really first understand cryptography. Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography

[11carlos]

Just so people know... selling accounts is allowed.

Why? Doesn't seem to improve the value of this forum

[wachtwoord]

wait why do you need accounts? what are you doing with them?

I would ask the same thing.  It's not identity theft; it's identity switch.  But in some ways it amounts to the same thing.  What's up with this?  It makes me totally ignore who I am reading or talking to because I have no trust in the continuity of the person's identity.

It's okay to do this, but not okay to post a link to thesilkrdotcom.  Scratch my head.  Go figure.

People will make GPG accounts and sign messages that really need proven authenticy. For example here is my GPG sig: http://bitcoin-otc.com/viewgpg.php?nick=wachtwoord

I still don't get it.  What is a GPG account?

A public/private cryptography pair. If you want to understand bitcoins, you should really first understand cryptography. Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography

Indeed nice to read. Also check out: http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.html

Practically speaking, because of my public/private key pair (of which the public one is public and the private one only known to me):

1) Sign a message, proving I am the author
2) Someone can encrypt a message using my public key that only I can decrypt (event he sender cannot!)

All this requires me to keep my private key secure though (This is the same system that is used in Bitcoin)

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[bennett616]

I am offering 0.02BTC+ for jr member accounts older than 1 month.

Looking for a lot of accounts right now, also buying Sr/Hero member accounts (paying more than jr members of course)

Please PM.

Lol, how much for mine (NOT PLANNING ON SELLING, JUST WONDERING)

Andy B

[ironcross360]

I am offering 0.02BTC+ for jr member accounts older than 1 month.

Looking for a lot of accounts right now, also buying Sr/Hero member accounts (paying more than jr members of course)

Please PM.

Lol, how much for mine (NOT PLANNING ON SELLING, JUST WONDERING)

Andy B

ill pay .1btc

[bennett616]

I am offering 0.02BTC+ for jr member accounts older than 1 month.

Looking for a lot of accounts right now, also buying Sr/Hero member accounts (paying more than jr members of course)

Please PM.

Lol, how much for mine (NOT PLANNING ON SELLING, JUST WONDERING)

Andy B

ill pay .1btc

Keep your mere pittance peasant ;P haha

Andy B

[mprep]

I am offering 0.02BTC+ for jr member accounts older than 1 month.

Looking for a lot of accounts right now, also buying Sr/Hero member accounts (paying more than jr members of course)

Please PM.

Lol, how much for mine (NOT PLANNING ON SELLING, JUST WONDERING)

Andy B

ill pay .1btc

Keep your mere pittance peasant ;P haha

Andy B

Lol. Why would anyone care about the price if they're not selling?

[dubs]

Interested still?

[dxtwo]

This forum never ceases to surprise me with the things I see.

[KornShell]

wait why do you need accounts? what are you doing with them?

I would ask the same thing.  It's not identity theft; it's identity switch.  But in some ways it amounts to the same thing.  What's up with this?  It makes me totally ignore who I am reading or talking to because I have no trust in the continuity of the person's identity.

It's okay to do this, but not okay to post a link to thesilkrdotcom.  Scratch my head.  Go figure.

People will make GPG accounts and sign messages that really need proven authenticy. For example here is my GPG sig: http://bitcoin-otc.com/viewgpg.php?nick=wachtwoord

I still don't get it.  What is a GPG account?

A public/private cryptography pair. If you want to understand bitcoins, you should really first understand cryptography. Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography

Indeed nice to read. Also check out: http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.html

Practically speaking, because of my public/private key pair (of which the public one is public and the private one only known to me):

1) Sign a message, proving I am the author
2) Someone can encrypt a message using my public key that only I can decrypt (event he sender cannot!)

All this requires me to keep my private key secure though (This is the same system that is used in Bitcoin)

Okay; the Wiki article is easy enough to understand.  But it still -- at least to me -- does not explain why someone would buy a bitcointalk account.  To generate gpg key pairs??  Why?  What's the point?  To impersonate a board member?
 

[wachtwoord]

No. I said that if (some) people start selling forums accounts, everyone will start using pgp-sigs to prove they are who they claim to be.

[KornShell]

No. I said that if (some) people start selling forums accounts, everyone will start using pgp-sigs to prove they are who they claim to be.

Okay...sure.  Self-protection.  But this still doesn't answer my original question of why someone would buy accounts.

[AliceWonder]

wait why do you need accounts? what are you doing with them?

I would ask the same thing.  It's not identity theft; it's identity switch.  But in some ways it amounts to the same thing.  What's up with this?  It makes me totally ignore who I am reading or talking to because I have no trust in the continuity of the person's identity.

Bingo.
That it is tolerated is a problem for me.

I don't play those kind of games.
Adios.

[ashaw596]

Just so people know... selling accounts is allowed.

I wonder why though. Are there any good reasons to buy an account for non-scammers?
Ok getting past the newbie jail, but that's not really that much of an argument.
Giveaways that are usless to the account owner, meh. A slight argument, but nothing in face of the disadvantages of making the life for scammers easier.

Yeah..... Why is selling accounts allowed?

[AliceWonder]

Just so people know... selling accounts is allowed.

I wonder why though. Are there any good reasons to buy an account for non-scammers?
Ok getting past the newbie jail, but that's not really that much of an argument.
Giveaways that are usless to the account owner, meh. A slight argument, but nothing in face of the disadvantages of making the life for scammers easier.

Yeah..... Why is selling accounts allowed?

So they can scam people by creating fake enthusiasm about new stuff (e.g. alt-coins).
That's what comes to my mind, and I won't be a part of it.

[AliceWonder]

And if you have 100 different accounts, you can do these "get 3BT for pimping us" things and fill it with all your fake accounts.

But I said I was leaving, so that's all I'll say.
Let the kids have their fun.

[erono]

Why would someone sell you a Hero member account?

[nitrocdh]

I think they whole thing is silly... :s why would you even bother!