anyone can make a vanity address.
yes, "but given that
All of the information required to reconstruct the private key is published on the blockchain.
It is logical to think that it could be a steganography puzzle, so all the small details should be considered.
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Over time, Lauda cared increasingly about her privacy. She explicitly said in the OP that her 'Lauda' identity was ending, and she explicitly revoked her GPG keys (identity), and provided no replacement. Also, the "vibe" I remember getting when originally reading the OP was that either lauda might be in some kind of danger, and/or her personal information may have leaked to someone such that she was forced to leave. As such, I don't think Lauda left any "clues" as to her "new" forum identity, and I would even go as far as to say that her new forum identity, if one exists, was probably not created until some time after the OP was created.
If you believe that Lauda did something wrong (no one is above reproach, and I think that is a generally fair argument against anyone), and her new alts should be tagged, that is another topic of discussion, however, I would say that existing issues were more or less resolved when the OP was created, and I am not aware of any *new* issues that have come up since the OP was created, which was ~4.5 years ago.