fake quotes?

[user111]

isit possible to fake quotes?? since when u reply a quote it is an editable string

 

[offspring]

isit possible to take quotes?? since when u reply a quote it is an editable string

definitely

 

[user111]

sianz ..like that then should enable some security feature for quoting otherwise those argue-argue threads can contain a lot of misleading quotes

 

[sammy888]

Very easily done thus it is all about trust at the end of the day. I have ever been given e-quotes and I have printed it out, brought it to the store and they did give me the item at the price they quoted. They also I am sure have a record of the email they send you.

 

[AReality]

sianz ..like that then should enable some security feature for quoting otherwise those argue-argue threads can contain a lot of misleading quotes

No point...
If the quote is fake, the original MSG is still real...

 

[user111]

No point...
If the quote is fake, the original MSG is still real...

ya u got a point there :thumbsup:

 

[student]

isit possible to fake quotes?? since when u reply a quote it is an editable string

I am certainly not an authority in this. Take this with a pinch of salt.

I used to write quite a lot of scientific papers. In such papers, quotations from other sources are often used to support/refute points. It is obviously impossible to quote an entire article. So quotes are often edited. But the way one edits the quote must not depart from the essence of the original thoughts.

An example: "John Smith" may write "If you try to kill my children, I will not hesitate to kill you in order to protect my children".

But some may just quote in part "John Smith said ...... I will not hesitate to kill you"

This is an obvious depart from the original intent, which makes it malicious.