Header information give-away

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From: ~BD~
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:19

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Peter Foldes asserts that he *can* identify people by a header:-

> Learn to hide the biggest give away and that happens to be the 1st time
> stamp in the posting properies plus one more that pinpoints which you do
> not and will never know.

I'd like to understand more about what he says.

First of all, is it true?

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