At 10:00 PM 7/25/95, Nathaniel Borenstein wrote:
Well, only on the cypherpunks list would you be likely to find general agreement that PGP'ed credit card numbers are "easier" than First Virtual. Many thousands of extremely naive net citizens are now happy FV customers, and I seriously doubt that most of them could master PGP without a full-day tutorial. (We're not talking about rocket scientists here, folks.)
A lot of truth here...sometimes the perfect is the enemy of the good. After all, only on the Cypherpunks list would you be likely to find general agreement that setting up a separate Intel box running Linux so one can create a suitable mail client is the preferred way to do secure e-mail? (Smileys for the :=)-impaired...I have nothing against Linux, and even browsed the new O'Reilly book recently. But I'm _still_ glad I'm "just a Mac user.") I have no idea what First Virtual's current or future business plans are, but I do expect more solid encryption, a la PGP or "real" RSA (licensed), will be coming soon. I assume FV is planning for this likely development. --Tim May .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@sensemedia.net | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-728-0152 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Corralitos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^756839 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."