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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (3959)	12/27/1998 5:20:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 32883

Anonymous aliases are a must in finacial chat rooms. I have always been interested in Internet security since my buddy who does this for a living told me horror stories. If you piss someone off in a chat room, who knows how many screws that person has loose. With your real name, it's not that hard to find out detailed info about one. This may be far fetched: Say you piss off some bad guy promoter, with connects to the mob, you expose his plans, you may find yourself in a new proffession - an cement shoed ancher. (I know I am paraniod) Do you ever wonder why women take simple steps like not listing their first name in the phone book, and don't publish their address. Some even have that info removed. BUT on the Internet, some women post real names, companies that they are currently employed, etc. Does this make any sense? My opinion is always use an alias is any chat room.

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (3959)	12/27/1998 7:44:00 PM
From: ViperChick Secret Agent 006.9	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32883

Are you suggesting that anonymous aliases are a bad thing or just that it won't solve everything?>>> OH NO I think you should use an alias for some of the reasons Cheeky listed, as well as others. My point is just that an alias does not necessarily protect someone from a lawsuit (no matter which end it is used on) - nor should it. And to anyone who thinks it should - trust me when I say I can come up with an example that would cause you harm and then you would think twice about your idea if you were on the damaged end. (sort of like those who think that someone should get away with perjury - if you were on the damaged end you might think twice about that perjury issue)