KALLISTE@delphi.com wrote:
Just as the "Clipper" proposal (the Escrowed Encryption Standard) is a system of encrypted communication with a Big Brother peephole, so is Sandia e- cash a system of digital cash with a Big Brother peephole. It was designed that way. Why is Sandia interested in digital cash systems? Well, Sandia is responsible for all non-nuclear components of nuclear weapons. The security of nuclear weapons depends partly on cryptology. The code- breaking National Security Agency (NSA), for example, is responsible for the communication security of the Minuteman missile, as well as the codes by which the President must identify himself to authorize a nuclear strike.
The main benefit of the proposed Sadia system is that it will allow the President to do his banking while nuking the commies. Sound reasonable to me. -- Toto ----------------------------- "The Xenix Chainsaw Massacre" http://bureau42.base.org/public/xenix/xenbody.html