At 5:31 PM -0500 11/2/98, Matthew James Gering wrote:
paradox of financial cryptography, and, more specifically, digital bearer settlement, is not that it gives you privacy and freedom (anarchy? :-))
Anarchy != privacy
However, Privacy + Freedom == Anarchy, or close enough to be indistinguishable.
In fact to many people privacy is a very statist construct, as they clamor for more privacy regulations by government.
No, to many people, the Government is a magical device that can repeal the laws of physics, and change peoples hearts. They don't think that government can *create* privacy, they think it is willing or able to *enforce* it. Then again, there is little enough evidence of thougt amoung "many people". -- "To sum up: The entire structure of antitrust statutes in this country is a jumble of economic irrationality and ignorance. It is a product: (a) of a gross misinterpretation of history, and (b) of rather naïve, and certainly unrealistic, economic theories." Alan Greenspan, "Anti-trust" http://www.ecosystems.net/mgering/antitrust.html Petro::E-Commerce Adminstrator::Playboy Ent. Inc.::petro@playboy.com