s1018954@aix2.uottawa.ca writes:
On Tue, 17 Oct 1995, Scott Brickner wrote:
Nathan Loofbourrow writes:
And there's another item of note: each chip has a unique, etched, machine-readable serial number. What are the bets that Dallas Semiconductor can tell you who purchased that chip? Well, so much for an anonymous payment scheme based on *this* product.
Some enterprising cypherpunks can buy a bunch and resell 'em for cash.
And then sell the serial address for cash. How do I know that they (this means YOU! :> ) don't work for the company? (which is a contracter for, blackmail-victim of, tentacle of NSA, CSE, TCMAY, Purplenet, your fairy-stepmother ...)
Big deal. NSA now knows "someone bought address X". That's the great thing about cash you know... anonymity.