Jim Bell writes:
Even if not, chances are good that "all" of the transactions can be linked together, even if they can't be directly linked to an identifiable person. Doesn't sound too promising.
I think it will be a popular product. Sort of the credit card equivalent of the disposable phone card. Since the transactions all involve the extraction of money, there is really no record of your purchases. The linking together of a number of cash wishdrawals is not that big a deal, although they could be used to track your movements if you did them in more than one specific location. There is also the problem of being photographed every time you use an ATM, if you do not wish your identity known. Still, for people who are not on the FBI's most wanted list, who plan to completely exhaust the card in a single location, and who dislike signing a huge bunch of Traveler's Checks at one time to buy something, it sounds like something that might be handy to have. -- Mike Duvos $ PGP 2.6 Public Key available $ mpd@netcom.com $ via Finger. $