[47336] in Cypherpunks
Re: new web security product
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brad Shantz)
Tue Jan 16 19:47:52 1996
From: "Brad Shantz" <bshantz@nwlink.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 16:22:03 +0000
Reply-To: bshantz@nwlink.com
Perry Metzger wrote:
> I don't think its going to fly. No one wants to pay for an unneeded
> $100 piece of hardware to encrypt the same credit card over and over
> again, when a nearly zero marginal cost piece of software can do the
> same thing.
I agree with Perry. Hardware encryption does add a layer of security
not normally found in software, but it is hardware.
Shoot, I don't even have a 28.8 modem yet, why would I want a black
box that supposedly does something with my Credit Cards?
Brad
