30 Nov
2004
30 Nov
'04
3:42 p.m.
At 10:33 PM 11/28/04 -0500, Steve Furlong wrote:
I see that an irrevocable payment system, used by itself, is ripe for fraud, more so if it's anonymous. But why wouldn't a mature system make
use of trusted intermediaries? The vendors register with the intermedi-
ary *, who takes some pains to verify their identity, trustworthiness, and so on, and to keep the vendors' identities a secret, if appropriate.
Halal was deemed a terrorist weapon, and contrary to the treasury's policies, game over.