but please do not sow the seeds of what her OP hereby so sought to avoid. This type of speculation could open the way for the scam of a Lauda pretender, in a more subtle way.
Not intended.
I know that you mean well. No offence intended, if I came off as brusque. My point was that a subtle scammer could give the impression of being a Lauda alt. No, really—she is gone. She will not be back.
A "subtle pretender" is imho not possible. All Bitcoiners know that this kind of claims can be done only and only with (properly) signed message. And I expect that won't ever happen.
In this case, it was deliberately made such that
a signed message can’t ever happen—even a signed message would not suffice. Lauda declared her keys compromised, issued a PGP revocation certificate, and burnt her bridges behind her as thoroughly as she could. She outright request that people treat her as if she is dead.
After that point, do not deal with my account even if it produces messages signed by Bitcoin or PGP keys. If the account logs in, you should assume that it is compromised. If it produces a signed message, you should assume that the keys are compromised. Of course, if Faketoshi appears in a catbat mask and claims to be me, then you should assume that it is a fraud.
Hereby I want to emphasize that it will never again be possible to contact "Lauda", just as it is impossible to contact the dead.
Your assumption was why I made myself clear. It was not meant to be a snide remark, but a succinct response to whether I think before I act.
Everybody makes mistakes—including myself, on occasion. Is
nobody perfect?
Given the elusive and eloquent nature in which we were provided information, it's hard to tell what is meant by compromised PGP keys. There could have been a larger than known data leak or something of that nature.
Why else would it be stated that none of the standard "proof of persona" we normally use are to be considered acceptable.
Other speculation aside, I would presume that someone who spent years fighting scams, frauds, and Faketoshi-style nonsense must have wanted to leave
no opening whatsoever for abuse of her reputation. A hard-won, well-deserved reputation. I am not the only one who would trust her with virtually unbounded amounts of money!
She’s dead—well, should be treated as if dead. And that is that.
I really don't know, but until there is some action by theymos, I'll keep my support for the flag.
I hope that theymos will ban the account, and say so publicly.