[52450] in Cypherpunks
Re: Kid Gloves or Megaphones
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (E. ALLEN SMITH)
Thu Mar 21 19:55:03 1996
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 19:26 EDT
From: "E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>
To: stewarts@ix.netcom.com
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
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From: IN%"stewarts@ix.netcom.com" "Bill Stewart" 16-MAR-1996 01:55:32.07
>Depending on the details of Ian's method, I don't think the debate
>needs to be taken to the public, or even done - it may simply be a
>done deal once the technology's out there. If Mark Twain Bank or
>Merita Bank or the Federal <Exonive-Deleted> Reserve wants to offer
Digicash(tm) with Payee-Non-Anonymity, they can always make it a contractual
>requirement that their payees not use anonymity techniques in return for
>being paid.
Wouldn't the viability of such a clause depend on the anonymizing
scheme in question? If the bank's cooperation isn't needed (i.e., going through
a proxy), then such a limit would be empty.
-Allen
