[41697] in Cypherpunks
Re: DalSemi: Add-Only Memory for Storage of Digital Cash
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Brickner)
Wed Oct 18 11:35:33 1995
To: s1018954@aix2.uottawa.ca
Cc: Nathan Loofbourrow <loofbour@cis.ohio-state.edu>, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: (Your message of Tue, 17 Oct 1995 21:01:34 EDT.)
<Pine.3.89.9510172053.A73291-0100000@aix2.uottawa.ca>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 10:30:45 -0500
From: Scott Brickner <sjb@universe.digex.net>
s1018954@aix2.uottawa.ca writes:
>On Tue, 17 Oct 1995, Scott Brickner wrote:
>
>> Nathan Loofbourrow writes:
>> >And there's another item of note: each chip has a unique, etched,
>> >machine-readable serial number. What are the bets that Dallas
>> >Semiconductor can tell you who purchased that chip? Well, so much for
>> >an anonymous payment scheme based on *this* product.
>>
>> Some enterprising cypherpunks can buy a bunch and resell 'em for cash.
>>
>And then sell the serial address for cash.
>How do I know that they (this means YOU! :> ) don't work for the company?
>(which is a contracter for, blackmail-victim of, tentacle of NSA, CSE,
>TCMAY, Purplenet, your fairy-stepmother ...)
Big deal. NSA now knows "someone bought address X".
That's the great thing about cash you know... anonymity.
