> Why is optional authentication useless? Because I can just spoof the
> authentication. Players will want to submit formatted press (fancy
> banners, centered text, etc.) so we have to preserve formatting. If
> we preserve formatting, I can just post an anonymous note with a
> spoofed authentication.
Not neccesarily true. For instance, All player postings could be offset by,
say, 4 characters. Authentication could begin in column 1, which would be
impossible to spoof.
Example:
Chicken Little [xxx] submits the following:
Run!
Run for your lives!!
The sky is falling!!!
This would show up in the Times as:
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Run!
Run for your lives!!
The sky is falling!!!
Chicken Little [xxx]
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-joel