Nickname Spoofing. Handle Collision Engineering. 1337 f0rum 5ub73rfug3s. etc. etc. The enacting of various japeries by which one means to present their identity as being that of another poster for reasons of misdirection or technical access. Generalised term for the thing you describe in the subject line of this very thread, as well as other related and similar techniques and the enacting thereof.
At least, that's generally how I recall the term having been used. Mind you, between the alcohol and the drugs, it's probably best to take anything I say with two shovels and a dump-truck full of salt.
Nickname Spoofing. Handle Collision Engineering. 1337 f0rum 5ub73rfug3s. etc. etc. The enacting of various japeries by which one means to present their identity as being that of another poster for reasons of misdirection or technical access. Generalised term for the thing you describe in the subject line of this very thread, as well as other related and similar techniques and the enacting thereof.
At least, that's generally how I recall the term having been used. Mind you, between the alcohol and the drugs, it's probably best to take anything I say with two shovels and a dump-truck full of salt.
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