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FKI_osk
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Young)
Tue Nov 14 12:20:00 1995
From: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 12:03:22 -0500
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
11-14-95. Washrag:
"FBI Targets Expected Growth In Computer Crime."
The FBI is beefing up its fight against computer crime.
A Washington office, which handles international cases,
was established in 1993. The San Francisco office will
keep a close eye on activities in Silicon Valley, while
the New York squad will handle financial-related
computer crimes.
"Postal Service Planning to Sell Prepaid Telephone Cards."
Because the phone cards are "stored value cards," they
could offer the Postal Service a logical first step
toward the use of a "smart card" that might be used in
connection with an information kiosk the agency is
developing for the federal government to provide the
public with a computer link to the federal bureaucracy.
Long-range plans for the kiosk call for use of smart
cards that would enable people to receive government
payments, such as welfare benefits or checks for food
stamps.
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