At 12:01 PM 8/22/95 -0400, Robert Hettinga wrote:
It's easy to see how a combination of certification technology and cryptographically anonymous voting protocols allow the direct election of a company's board members without proxies -- another hierarchical device -- for instance.
It is not so easy for me to see how such protocols allow the shareholders to control the company's keys if the CEO tells the shareholders to go and stick their heads in a bucket. --------------------------------------------------------------------- | We have the right to defend ourselves | http://www.jim.com/jamesd/ and our property, because of the kind | of animals that we are. True law | James A. Donald derives from this right, not from the | arbitrary power of the state. | jamesd@echeque.com