[opensource-wg] false accusations about Rob McEwen (from invaluement) posted to this list

On 5/7/2020 4:22 PM, Elad Cohen wrote:
> Can you confirm or deny that you know or don't know the real identify 
> of the key person behind "The Spamhaus Project" which is "Mike 
> Anderson"? Only Spamhaus members knows the real identity behind "Mike 
> Anderson", come on deny or confirm if you know his real identity or 
> not and after it I will write his real identify and proof that you 
> know him personally.


Elad,

I have no idea who "Mike Anderson" is - I've don't recall ever hearing 
that name until you brought it up in this thread. However, it is within 
the realm of possibility that I might know the alleged real person you 
claim is behind that name? That might be one of the 3 or so people who I 
know of at Spamhaus? But that alone wouldn't prove that I know who "Mike 
Anderson" is! It is possible that I might know the person you claim is 
hiding behind an alias, without actually ever having known that such a 
person was (allegedly) hiding behind THAT alias.

NOTE: I just did a search of my email, going back years - and I think 
I'm up to knowing 5 people at Spamhaus? But I had to dig and take "trips 
down memory lane" to get that 3 to go up to 5. But I still probably 
couldn't name more than 3 of them off the top of my head at any given time.

Also, I'm not going to confirm or deny ANY information about Spamhaus - 
ESPECIALLY if it isn't a matter of public record. Why? Because that 
would be unethical. Anti-spam operations are constantly subjected to 
abuse and attacks - even occasional death threats - and I don't want to 
be responsible for providing public information on any person's identity 
that might put that person at risk of being harmed by criminals.

It's not my job to do someone else's dirty work. (or nutjob work?)

ALSO - I've been involved in email security for 24 years. There are a 
heck of a lot of people from many many years ago with whom I've probably 
had extensive conversations - and now I have completely forgotten them. 
I don't have a photographic memory. But I don't recognize "Mike 
Anderson" and I can't find any record of communication in my email 
to/from such a person, or in any of my customer information or other 
notes or contact information.

-- 
Rob McEwen
https://www.invaluement.com


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