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Ted:A good idea, but I’m beginning to think they’re tracing us all to our original accounts.
FredMan:::snorting:: like they have that much time, or that many brains?
*** All private and public online services ***
A Public Safety Announcement
from
the United States Government
Bureau of Census and Statistics
presented with the cooperation of your local Net service provider
◊
This is to alert all citizens
to the presence of two suspected criminals
and known Registration evaders.
Their most common aliases are “Scratch” and “Winc.”
Suspected activities constitute a grave threat to the safety of all Net users. As true identities are as yet unknown, an all-nodes, all-database government search is underway with the full cooperation of the private sector, to affect apprehension and questioning. Your government requests your cooperation as follows: Forward exact date, time, and Net location of any encounter with “Scratch” or “Winc,” under any alias.
Forward any and all evidence linking “Scratch” or “Winc” with illegal trafficking of Net access bypass codes, child pornography, or copyright infringement.
If you have participated in online commerce or exchange of any nature with “Scratch” or “Winc,” forward details and scan your hard drive for potentially damaging computer viruses.
We apologize for interrupting your service temporarily, and we thank your local service access provider for their assistance in making this public safety announcement available to you.
End: PSA #309
FredMan:Jesus, it *is* true!
Frankie has left the room.
Johnny has left the room.
Ted:Did it say to forward our own chats with these people?
BarBun has left the room.
FredMan:It did say that. Hey, didn’t you say you’d met one of them?
Ted has left the room.
FredMan:Nothing exciting ever happens to me.
END ANONYMOUS CHAT ROOM LOG
TOOBE ENTRY
To:Toobe
From:Winc
