On Thu, 3 Aug 1995, K. M. Ellis wrote:
On Wed, 2 Aug 1995, Peter Trei wrote:
The relevant verses are in Revelations 13, where some of the actions by which The Beast can be recognized are given. Among them are: [Deletia]
E-cash is a bit of a reach from this, but some of them (eg, Robertson), extend the verses to cover all forms of trackable transactions. I suspect that if someone could get him to realize the privacy aspects of true anonymous ecash, he'd like it.
I read in the New York Times that a lot of fundamentalist Christians fear the e-cash revolution because they believe that eventually everyone will be required to bear a tattooed bar code on their right hand which would contain all a person's information: name, d.o.b., birthplace, etc.
Crapola. They fear the unknown, and read their own personal prejudices and beliefs into something they don't understand. Maybe I'll start going to church <shudder> and explain to the believers about the benefits of crypto *against* such Revalationary measures. I'm sure they would be interested in the work Chaum has done regarding truly anonymous transactions. Hell, maybe we could set up a Dining Christians net. "Freedom is meaningless unless | ic58@jove.acs.unt.edu - James Childers you can give to those with whom| No man's freedom is safe you disagree." - Jefferson | while Congress is in session EA 73 53 12 4E 08 27 6C 21 64 28 51 92 0E 7C F7