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Re: Crypto dongles to secure online transactions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alexander Klimov)
Sat Nov 21 15:57:50 2009
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:12:17 +0200 (IST)
From: Alexander Klimov <alserkli@inbox.ru>
To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
In-Reply-To: <r02010500-1049-E2CA36B1D46611DE826D0030658F0F64@[192.168.1.5]>
On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, Bill Frantz wrote:
> Perhaps I'm missing something, but my multiple banks will all accept
> my signature when made with the same pen. Why wouldn't they not
> accept my signature when made with the same, well protected,
> signing/user verifying device. I might have to take it to the bank
> to give them its public key in person, but that seems a minor
> inconvenience.
The reasons can sound crazy from the technical person's point of view,
like they may want to have a card with their name on it in your
wallet. There are rumors that this is what ruined the idea that a
single smartcard (e.g., JavaCard) can replace all cards in your
wallet.
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Regards,
ASK
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