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Re: The future will be easy to use

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr. Dimitri Vulis)
Thu Nov 30 08:02:51 1995

To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr. Dimitri Vulis)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 95 07:14:07 EST
In-Reply-To: <199511300819.DAA10897@opine.cs.umass.edu>

futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex) writes:
> People who steal credit cards prefer to order goods to be delivered somewhere
> they can grab them.

For most goods, yes. But one could use a stolen credit card, e.g., to set
up an account on AOL / CompuServe and download tons of software, charging
it to the card.

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<a href="mailto:dlv@bwalk.dm.com">Dr. Dimitri Vulis</a>
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

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