September 2000 - cypherpunks-legacy

CDR: SECrets Newsletter 9.18.00
by EDGAR Online News 18 Sep '00

18 Sep '00

EDGAR Online's SECrets Newsletter Editor: Timothy Middleton, EDGAR Online Analyst mailto:editor@edgar-online.com ***INSIDE THIS ISSUE NEW AND NOTEWORTHY: SEC Warns on Pre-IPO Fraud QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Schedule 13D ON THE INSIDE: TCF Financial Insiders are Sellers COMPANIES MENTIONED IN THIS ISSUE PEOPLE MENTIONED IN THIS ISSUE /----------ADVERTISEMENT--------------------------------\ Starved for food for thought? The free Business 2.0 Daily Insight newsletter delivers easily digestible business insights. Subscribe today at http://live.doubleclick.net/business2-0/Biz20_sec.html \-------------------------------------------------------/ ---------------------------------------- *** NEW AND NOTEWORTHY *** ---------------------------------------- SEC Warns on 'Pre - IPO' Fraud Federal regulators have detected an increase in fraudulent securities offerings online and are warning investors to be careful of online securities sales. Regulators are also warning investors to be wary of ``pre-IPO'' stock offerings - i.e. opportunities for investors to get a "jump" on the market before the firms go public. The SEC has recently charged several offending companies with fraud. On Thursday, the SEC said it had reached a settlement with Austin, Texas-based 1stBuy.com Inc., a company that operates an Internet retail site. Roger D. Pringle, the company's founder and chief financial officer, neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing in agreeing to the settlement of the SEC's allegations, but agreed to pay a $25,000 fine. Regulators say 1stBuy.com raised $3.8 million from 1,200 investors nationwide by making false and misleading statements about an IPO, and by referring to the offering as a ``pre-IPO.'' According to the Associate Press, it was the fourth such action by the SEC recently. Since March, the SEC has alleged that three Internet companies, New World Web Vision.com, Y2K Highway Inc. and Stadtt Media LLC, committed securities fraud by making false claims about IPOs. All three cases are pending in federal court. ---------------------------------------- *** QUESTION OF THE WEEK*** ---------------------------------------- QUESTION: What is a Schedule 13D? ANSWER: Schedule 13D is an SEC document that must be filed by any person or entity acquiring direct or beneficial ownership of at least 5% of any class of a company's outstanding shares. The purchaser must file Schedule 13D within 10 days of reaching the 5% ownership threshold, and all subsequent trades must be stated promptly on an "amended" 13D. The purchaser must also indicate their intention of ownership - i.e. passive investment or takeover attempt. The purchaser must also file a 13D with the company itself, and with the stock exchange on which the shares are listed. ---------------------------------------- ***ON THE INSIDE*** ---------------------------------------- TCF Financial Insiders are Sellers Regional banks have defied a broader rally this year in the financial services sector. While the financial services sector is ahead 7.7% through July, according to Standard & Poor's, the average regional bank stock was down 3.3%. Not so shares of TCF Financial Corp (TCB). They are up 57% this year, not including dividends paid in February, May and August. The holding company for TCF National Bank and TCF National Bank Colorado, which operates in five upper Midwest states, likewise hiked its quarterly payout during the period to 21.3 cents a share, from 18.8 cents. Insiders have shown prescience in the past, selling into strength in their company's stock just ahead of sometimes-steep declines. Lately, they've been selling again. In the last two months, five of them have filed Form 144s with the SEC that indicate the sale of more than 200,000 shares, according to Thomson Financial/First Call. Most recently William A. Cooper, chief executive, reported on Aug. 23 selling 90,000 shares for $32 apiece, or nearly $2.9 million http://www.edgar-online.com/auth/doctrans/default.asp?doc=B-117264 TCF has prospered in part because it has managed to boost deposits significantly. In general, says James F. Catudal, manager of Fidelity Select Financial Services Fund, (FIDSX): "Regional banks are right now funding loan growth with purchased money. They're not able to attract low-cost deposits from customers anymore." That's exactly what TCF has managed to do, however. On Sept. 9, it announced that its network of branches in supermarkets had topped $1 billion in deposits, or nearly 10% of the bank's total. TCF is the fourth-largest operator of bank branches in supermarkets, with 212 of them. In the Chicago area, TCF claims to have the second-highest number of non-interest bearing retail checking accounts. Thomson's Paul Elliott says Cooper "last sold shares in November of last year, ahead of a 35% decline" in the company's stock. Another prominent seller has been Timothy P. Bailey, president of the company's Wisconsin operations. He filed Form 144 on July 26 http://www.edgar-online.com/auth/doctrans/default.asp?doc=B-113165 reporting the sale of 4,000 shares for $29.88 per share, or about $119,500. A spokeswoman for TFC said, "We do not comment on insider selling transactions." /----------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------------\ DON'T MISS OUT ON YOUR CHANCE TO WIN AN IBM THINKPAD 600X Register now for any of ITworld.com's weekly IT email newsletters, and enter our sweepstakes for your chance to win a powerful new IBM ThinkPad 600x. CLICK HERE! http://www.itworld.com/sweeps/sweepsim.html?impsite=9235 \----------------------------------------------------------------/ --------------------------------------- *** IPOs ON DECK FROM IPO EXPRESS*** ---------------------------------------- USER NOTE: Before a company can go public (that is, sell shares on an exchange), it must file an S-1 form with the SEC. The S-1 document, easily accessible via EDGAR Online, i extensive and includes such information as: risk factors, financials, strategy, industry trends, management bios, investors and more. IPOs on Deck Kyphon Inc. (KYPH) of Sunnyvale, CA http://www.edgar-online.com/ipoexpressn/company.asp?company=4998 EDGAR INSIGHT: Kyphon Inc. filed Sep. 13 for an IPO. US Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc. is the lead underwriter. The proposed offering is expected to raise $57.5 million. The company makes orthopedic devices for spine treatment, with over 300 U.S. physicians trained in the use of their products. Warburg Pincus Ventures L.P. has a 49.5% stake in the company. Monolithic System Technology Inc. (MOSY) of Sunnyvale, CA http://www.edgar-online.com/secrets.asp?d=A-890394-0000912057-00-041425 EDGAR INSIGHT: Monolithic System Technology Inc. filed Sep. 14 to set its price at $9-$11 per share and its number of shares to 5 million. JP Morgan Securities Inc. is the lead underwriter. The proposed offering is expected to raise $63.3 million. The company markets the embedded-memory technology 1T-SRAM and has strategic relationships with Lucent Technologies, Nintendo Corp., and NEC Corp. The 37-employee company's revenues were $15.4 million in 1999. Novatel Wireless Inc. (NVTL) of San Diego, CA http://www.edgar-online.com/secrets.asp?d=A-1022652-0000950150-00-000764 EDGAR INSIGHT: Novatel Wireless Inc. filed Sep. 14 to set its IPO price at $10-$12 per share and the number of shares at 7 million. CS First Boston Corp. is the lead underwriter. The company is a leading provider of wireless communications access solutions, with customers including Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless. The 248-employee company's revenues in 1999 were $9.6 million. Deals Undone Intellisys Group Inc. (ISGP) of Mountain View, CA http://www.edgar-online.com/ipoexpressn/company.asp?company=2924 EDGAR INSIGHT: Intellisys Group Inc. filed Sep. 13 to withdraw its IPO. Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc. was the lead underwriter. The offering had been expected to raise $18 million. The company installs audio, video and data networking systems, and clients include Netscape, NASA-Ames Research Labs and Stanford University. Insession Technologies Inc. (INSX) of Hinsdale, IL http://www.edgar-online.com/ipoexpressn/company.asp?company=4759 EDGAR INSIGHT: Insession Technologies Inc. filed Sep. 14 to withdraw its IPO. Salomon Smith Barney Inc. was the lead underwriter. The proposed offering was expected to raise $70 million. The company provides e-business software and service for related applications, and has 340 customers worldwide. The 161-employee company's 1999 revenues were $39.6 million. Deals Redone Luminent Inc. (LMNE) of Chatsworth, CA http://www.edgar-online.com/ipoexpressn/company.asp?company=4866 EDGAR INSIGHT: Luminent Inc. filed Sep. 13 to change its ticker symbol to LMNE from LUMN, and to set its price at $13-$15 per share and offer 12 million shares. CS First Boston Corp. is the lead underwriter. The projected offering is expected to raise $155 million. The company is a maker of fiber optic components, and is a unit of MRV Communications (MRVC), an optical component and network company that will own approximately 92% of Luminent Inc. after the IPO. Hydrogenics Corp. (HYGS) of Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada http://www.edgar-online.com/ipoexpressn/company.asp?company=4875 EDGAR INSIGHT: Hydrogenics Corp. filed Sep. 13 to set its IPO price at $10-$12 per share and offer 7 million shares. The 63-employee company tests fuel cells for General Motors (GM), the U.S. Army and other companies and institutions. The testing stations are billed as "environment friendly" because water and heat are the main byproducts. Salomon Smith Barney Inc. is the lead underwriter. /----------ADVERTISEMENT-----------------------------------------\ Advertise in the SECrets newsletter and get in front of the leaders in the financial community. Go to http://www.edgar-online.com/advert.asp for more information. \----------------------------------------------------------------/ ---------------------------------------- **COMPANIES MENTIONED IN THIS ISSUE*** ---------------------------------------- 1stBuy.com Inc AT&T Wireless CS First Boston Corp Fidelity Select Financial Services Fund General Motors Hydrogenics Corp Insession Technologies Inc Intellisys Group Inc JP Morgan Securities Inc Kyphon Inc Lucent Technologies Luminent Inc Monolithic System Technology Inc MRV Communications NASA-Ames Research Labs NEC Corp Netscape New World Web Vision.com Nintendo Corp Novatel Wireless Inc Salomon Smith Barney Inc Stadtt Media LLC Stanford University TCF Financial Corp U.S. Army US Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc Verizon Wireless Warburg Pincus Ventures LP Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc Y2K Highway Inc ---------------------------------------- **PEOPLE MENTIONED IN THIS ISSUE*** ---------------------------------------- Bailey, Timothy P. Catudal, James F. Cooper, William A. Elliott, Paul Pringle, Roger D. ---------------------------------------- ABOUT THE EDITOR ---------------------------------------- SECrets is written by EDGAR Online Analyst, Timothy Middleton. Timothy has covered business and financial topics for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Dow Jones News Service and Crain's New York Business. Twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in investigative journalism, his weekly business reports can be heard on WCBS Radio and Microsoft MoneyCentral Radio. For press, syndication, and advertising inquiries, contact Group Publisher Hank Berkowitz at mailto:hberkowitz@edgar-online.com ---------------------------------------- Copyright 2000, EDGAR Online, Inc. http://www.edgar-online.com ---------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: The EDGAR Online report contains observations of its editor Timothy Middleton, a consultant of EDGAR Online and is for informational purposes only. 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CDR: Re: Amex supports CARNIVORE enabled Anonymity System
by Kerry L. Bonin 18 Sep '00

18 Sep '00

>(1) Okay, I *might* :-) excuse Mondex from this rule, I suppose, but only >because the smart-cards themselves are physically swappable, and thus at >the physical, card-to-card level, anyway, are bearer instruments, but I >would only say so under a regime in which those cards *contents*, the >balances therein, are exchangeable for, or better, denominated, in some >*other* internet bearer instrument like Chaumian cash, which may, I'm >afraid, defeat the economics of Mondex altogether. Obviously, Doug Barnes >has pointed this out more than once or twice here and elsewhere. The indirect problem with Mondex is that while the card-to-card level transactions are theoretically less traceable than a typical online validation, they (the cards themselves) still store at least 10 previous transaction records including full card id. Additionally, every programmer of Mondex interface devices and terminals (including myself, at one time) gets ordered by at least one involved party (the bank, the terminal manufacturer, the terminal financier, ect.) to include full audit trail generation from card-chip and any downloaded card-card transaction histories for uploading as part of nightly settlement. (Which is why I stopped supporting Mondex...) This defeats the otherwise good anonymity possible with Mondex.

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CDR: Re: About that waterfall at Gibralter...
by Ralph Seberry 18 Sep '00

18 Sep '00

On Sunday, 17 Sep 2000 at 23:09, Jim Choate <ravage(a)einstein.ssz.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Ralph Seberry wrote: > > It's good to confirm you're as sloppy in reading email and geology > > as you are in composing your usual half-baked COTUS rants. > > What the fuck is COTUS? > constitution of the united states. > > It says waterfall. Nothing about the "1000 feet", the claim I > > No, it says 'gigantic waterfall'. Do your own research. I just happen to > know from past work that the waterfall was estimated to be about 1,000 ft. So now it's not in the page. After all your bluster, you don't have a cite. Maybe if you learn how to spell Gibraltar your searches will be more fruitful.

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CDR: Registration confirmation - Yahoo! Games
by Yahoo! Member Services 18 Sep '00

18 Sep '00

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CDR: Amex supports CARNIVORE enabled Anonymity System,
by Bob Jones 18 Sep '00

18 Sep '00

>ZKS and Anonymizer have the wrong business model in >terms >of what consumers want. They're too techie. What >people >(as opposed to cypherpunks ;-) want is privacy AND the >ability to make purchases without spreading their CC# >all over. > >This is the hottest area of privacy services, and >competition is starting to heat up, with more and >more firms deciding to provide such services. > >Card issuers would seem to have an advantage here. > >An early "release" (can you say 'vaporware') is >being promoted in TV commercials by American Express. > >The commercial shows the narrator/consumer talking >about wanting Internet privacy, while his face is >obscured the entire commercial. The ending has him >claiming complete Internet privacy, including for >purchases, and shows a symbolic AmEx card with the >name X'd out. >("I'm finally getting the recognition I deserve.") > >AmEx signed an agreement on 9/7/2000 with Privada to >provide the proxying Internet access, and AmEx says >it will roll out Privacy Payments within the next >month. > >Privada notes at >http://www.privada.net/news/index.html What a load of shit. If you check that URL the next thing you see the following release ----------------------------- http://www.privada.net/news/releases/20000717.html Privada's Technology Protects Users' Privacy, Only Monitors Those Who Abuse It Technology solves the problem of responsible privacy SAN JOSE, Calif. � July 17, 2000 � In the wake of the FBI's recent Carnivore system unveiling, the question of responsible privacy has reached a critical head. While the government struggles to balance security and privacy, and technology continues to evolve, consumers are confronted with a scenario where through no fault of their own, they may have the government snooping through their email. When Carnivore is placed with an Internet service provider, it scans all incoming and outgoing emails for messages associated with the target of a criminal probe. Further, while the system is plugged into the ISP's network, it is controlled solely by the law enforcement agency. In a traditional wiretap, the tap is physically placed and maintained by the telephone company. With Carnivore, the privacy of all an ISP's customers is at risk, with no involvement or control by the ISP. Enter Privada Through a patent pending privacy management infrastructure, Privada delivers a much-needed balanced and societally appropriate solution. Built into that infrastructure is a component called the Monitor that only monitors those who have abused their right to privacy, giving ISPs a tool for complying with law enforcement subpoenas without infringing upon the privacy of all users. ------------ And yet another --------------------- Privacy Expert Says Democracy Demands "Responsible" Privacy Protections Glee Harrah Cady of Privada, Inc. Says Innovative Technology That Empowers Consumers Is Better Than Regulation In Solving Privacy Concerns WASHINGTON, D.C. � September 14, 2000 � An executive from one of America's leading privacy technology companies warned those attending a summit here that efforts to create a one-size-fits-all law protecting privacy will never be as effective as the solutions offered by ongoing technological innovation. "Privacy is fundamental to any democracy," said Glee Harrah Cady, Vice President of Global Public Policy for the San Jose-based Privada, Inc. "People must be able to fully express their opinions and thoughts without fear. Anonymity can be important to the democratic process, but it also can be abused." Cady pointed to recent incidents of hacking and the spread of computer viruses as circumstances in which anonymity does not serve the public good. "Privacy is a right until you misuse it," she told participants at the Global Privacy Summit. ----------------------------------- Obviously AMEX & Privada don't have a clue as to the history of privacy and privacy tools... What about civil john doe complaints? What about Church of $cientology and Penet.fi? What about the entire key escrow debate? What about the entire clipper debate? If anyone really things that 'identity escrow' enabled privacy products are what the market is looking for, they are seriously clueless. This is obviously snake oil. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

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CDR: Welcome to EDGAR Online! Here's Your Password
by support＠edgar-online.com 18 Sep '00

18 Sep '00

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CDR: Re: censorship rears its head
by David Marshall 18 Sep '00

18 Sep '00

Tim May <tcmay(a)got.net> writes: > I will look forward to watching the coverage. Do you plan to take out > just the censorious bitch Lynne Cheney, or also her censorious > husband and VP candidate? > > And then there's Al Gore (RAT) and his running mate (JEW RAT). > > (Subliminal messages brought to you by the Republican Party). > > Interesting that 3 out of the 4 top rats--Cheney, Gore, > Lieberman--have their own censorious attacks on speech, or have > spouses who lead such attacks. Lynne, Tipper, and Lieberman > himself. I wonder why Bush is being left out? Maybe it'll be like > Nixon in China: the only one of the four not calling for repeal of > the First Amendment will be the one who pulls the trigger. Some attorney (RAT) has filed suit against the entertainment industry over the shooting in Peduchah, Kentucky. Right now he's doing the talk radio circuit, trying to drum up support. (I suppose to cause such a public outcry that the judge feels strongarmed to rule in his favor, and to taint juries.) The central argument appears to be that the entertainment industry has marketted their products, which happen to contain violence and sex, to the people who are their biggest consumers: people under 18. But because they're under the magic age of 18, they apparently aren't responsible for blowing away their classmates; the computer game companies are. The quantity of bogus claims, lies, distortions, and general bullshit the guy was spreading is too large for me to list them all, and after a while they kind of blend into one big blob of bullshit anyway, but I'll go over some of the more notable ones. 1) Contrary to whatever this attorney and other power-hungry censors would like us all to believe, the fact that most of these school shooters have played violent video games and seen violent movies does not mean that the movies were to blame. "But *ALL* of them have!" Yeah, and all of them probably ate chicken at some point in the month before their rampages too. The fallacy is obvious. As far as I know, nobody has bothered to counter the obvious question: Isn't it more likely that the people who have a predisposition to violence just tend to be drawn to this media, especially considering that there are millions of people out there who use it but *aren't* killing people? 2) He quickly tried to make some point that when a child (again, defined as someone under 18, or 17, as the case may be) sees "violent or sexually-explicit" images, there is some change in the brain. So he mentions some Harvard University study, but doesn't bother to give a useable citation (journal name, author, date...), which, he claims, showed "increased blood flows to the amygdala" using MRI in "children," but not in adults. A) I have "increased blood flows" when I have a pulsating headache too. I have "increased blood flows" whenever my heart rate and blood pressure increase. I'm not a neurologist, but I'd figure that that doesn't mean anything neurologically. It dosen't even mean that there's enhanced activity in that region. B) Wouldn't it make more sense to just slip the subjects radioactive glucose, wait a few minutes, and then do a PET scan? That way you can actually tell which neurons are firing? (When a neuron generates an action potential, it doesn't use any energy. It uses it when it recovers. So when a neuron fires a lot, it sucks in a lot of glucose, which means that the radioactive glucose winds up in the neurons, which means that it's held there, which means that you can see it on a PET scan.) C) Neurological structure changes *do* occur. They occur when I watch violent and sexually-explicit movies. They also change when I sit on the toilet, eat food, do a math problem, listen to music, or walk across the room. It's called learning. The fact that neurological structure changes in people exposed to this is meaningless. Do a behavoral study, then it might have some validity. D) Why would you use an MRI in this case _at all_? E) Even increased activity does not imply psychological or neurological changes. It means that the neurons are firing. That's all. This indicates that either: A) The researchers were purposefully trying to obscure data. B) The stupid attorney, and by extension probably the stupid judge, is trying to pull one over on the intentionally-stupid jury and voluntarily-stupid public, by distorting a biomedical study. 3) When another attorney called in and challenged him with the obvious statement that it isn't the entertainment industry's problem but rather the shooter's and the shooter's parents, the plantiff's attorney retorted with a purposeful and direct distortion and asked: "It's the fault of the parents of the three little girls who were shot?" What happened after that was fairly unintelligable, while the plantiff's attorney proceeded to talk over the caller. 4) Why can't people accept that shit happens and that sometimes you *can't* go blame everyone in sight? I don't hear of anyone suing any of the following: * The public school system in the area: The shooter most likely had a history of behavoral problems, yet they put him in the general population. Therefore, along the same line of thinking that this guy is using (but at a position closer to sanity) he should be suing the public schools. * Anybody who ever passed laws restricting the ability of the students who were shot at to themselves have a gun. (No, I don't necessarily think that they should have had one, but even *this* would be saner than suing the movie and computer game industries.) 5) His ethical justification for filing this lawsuit, which he knows is ridiculous, is that if the movie industry isn't found at fault and sued, the government will impose what he calls "draconian censorship laws." 6) If violent and sexually-explicit imagery and games are *really* so inherently dangerous, then why aren't the millions and millions of *other* people out there who have watched it or played them out there killing people? 7) Why can't we place the blame where it belongs: On the shooter?

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CDR: About that waterfall at Gibralter...
by Jim Choate 18 Sep '00

18 Sep '00

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CDR: Ericsson, O Poder da Mobilidade
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18 Sep '00

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CDR: New Internet Privacy Services
by George＠Orwellian.Org 18 Sep '00

18 Sep '00

ZKS and Anonymizer have the wrong business model in terms of what consumers want. They're too techie. What people (as opposed to cypherpunks ;-) want is privacy AND the ability to make purchases without spreading their CC# all over. This is the hottest area of privacy services, and competition is starting to heat up, with more and more firms deciding to provide such services. Card issuers would seem to have an advantage here. An early "release" (can you say 'vaporware') is being promoted in TV commercials by American Express. The commercial shows the narrator/consumer talking about wanting Internet privacy, while his face is obscured the entire commercial. The ending has him claiming complete Internet privacy, including for purchases, and shows a symbolic AmEx card with the name X'd out. ("I'm finally getting the recognition I deserve.") AmEx signed an agreement on 9/7/2000 with Privada to provide the proxying Internet access, and AmEx says it will roll out Privacy Payments within the next month. Privada notes at http://www.privada.net/news/index.html Enclosed are two URLs-Info, some corporate speak deleted. Note that the "click here's" ask you for your email address so you can be notified when it's available. ---- http://www10.americanexpress.com/sif/cda/page/0,1641,4534,00.asp American Express Privacy Products -------- ------- ------- -------- Introducing a suite of exciting online privacy initiatives from American Express. American Express has always helped our Cardmembers enjoy the recognition they deserve. But there are places where you may want to reveal less about yourself, such as the Internet. American Express has a long history of protecting consumer privacy, and we're committed to continuing this tradition online. That's why we're introducing a range of new products and services to provide additional security for our customers when they are shopping or browsing on the Internet. The first product, Private PaymentsSM will be available soon, followed by Private Browsing later this year and additional offerings in 2001. Private Payments - An Innovative Online Payment Solution ------- -------- -- ---------- ------ ------- -------- Be one of the first to try Private Payments. Click here. Private Payments is an industry breakthrough for secure purchasing online. This new way to pay creates a random, unique number for each online purchase. Customers never transmit their actual card number over the Internet, thus ensuring their Card?s security. This service is free to U.S. American Express Consumer Cardmembers and Small Business Cardmembers. It is not available to corporate Cardmembers at this time. Private Browsing - Browse Anonymously Online - Coming Soon ------- -------- ------ ----------- ------ ------ ---- Be one of the first to try Private Browsing. Click here. American Express has recently partnered with Privada Inc. a leading digital privacy infrastructure provider, to create Private Browsing. This exciting software product will enable American Express Cardmembers to choose how much information is shared about them when they browse the Web-from their full identity to anonymity. It will be available later this year. ---- http://home3.americanexpress.com/corp//latestnews/payments.asp First Product in Series Provides Innovative Way to Pay Online: Unique, Random Number Safeguards Customers and Helps Reduce Fraud NEW YORK, September 7, 2000 -- Addressing consumer concerns about online privacy and security, American Express Company today announced a new series of products that provides customers with greater choice and protection when browsing and shopping online. The first product, known as Private PaymentsSM, is an industry breakthrough that offers a more secure way to pay online using a random, unique number for each online purchase. Private Payments enables customers to purchase online without transmitting their actual card account numbers over the Internet. Private Payments will be available free within the next month to American Express consumer and small business cardmembers in the United States. The company has also signed an agreement with and made a minority investment in Privada Inc., a digital privacy infrastructure provider, to deliver a second product that will enable customers to choose how much of their information is shared when they browse any site on the Web. This private browsing product will allow customers to select from settings that range from sharing their full identity to anonymity. This service will be introduced later this year. Additional offerings in the new suite of American Express products will be announced next year. "While the Internet has dramatically eased the way consumers research and purchase products, it also has increased concern for protecting privacy and security," said Alfred F. Kelly, Jr., group president of U.S. Consumer and Small Business Services at American Express. How Private Payments Works Using Private Payments to shop online is quick and easy. Interested cardmembers can register for the free service here. When cardmembers are ready to purchase online, they can access the service by going to the Private Payments home page at americanexpress.com or by clicking on the Private Payments icon on their desktop. This launches the service, which then prompts them for username and password, and to select the American Express. Card they want linked to the Private Payments number. A unique Private Payments number with expiration date is then randomly created by American Express. The cardmember transfers this information into the merchant order form to complete the purchase. The cardmember's actual card account number is not sent over the Internet, thus keeping this information secure. The item purchased is charged to the cardmember's selected American Express Card and appears on the monthly billing statement, as usual. Further safeguarding the online purchase, the Private Payments number is designed to be used for a single purchase and to expire after the merchant authorization process is completed. Upon expiration, the Private Payments number cannot be used again if stolen.

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