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From: scottb@aca.ca Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 11:44:25 -0400 Subject: extortion via digital cash
Both ideas are bad, in that you stand a good chance at getting caught.
I was wondering, what if you demanded payment via Ecash, through nym servers, aliases, etc. From what I understand, it is just like cash, ie: no record of transaction, but you get the added bonus of not having to meet the other party-like a fund transfer. Once you have your 1,000,000 Ecash, you could dump it on a disk, and close your internet account (unless you really really trust your privacy technology). And I also think that you would have the option to cash this into real funds at either the Mark Twain bank, or likely somewhere in the Caymen Islands (maybe through those online gambling houses).
The Digicash product only has one-way anonymity. Their own pages are a good place to start: http://www.digicash.nl/ecash/about.html --CG