Re: A 'Funky A.T.M.' Lets You Pay for Purchases Made Online
At 10:25 AM 7/22/03 -0400, Sunder wrote:
I worked on a commercial digital money system a few years ago. One of
their business models was almost identical to Amos': stick cash in a kiosk to get electronic money. It'd be interesting to see how that system plays with Amos' patent.
It's not going to be anonymous at all. Remember, ATM's are always protected by cameras. If the digicash isn't anonymous, it's worthless.
Yes to all points. Of course, this is why a bandana/burkha/ski mask is a good thing to carry when approaching an ATM. Better if they're IR opaque. Best not to do this if the ATM is attached to a bank though, for the sake of the guards' underwear :-)
I wonder if some sort of infrared LED laden bandana be made for the benefit of the cameras. :) Maybe something like those scrolling blackboard things that say stuff... It could say things like "I'm ANONYMOUS, Neener neener, nya, nya, nya" I wonder what the guards would do then? ----------------------Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos--------------------------- + ^ + :25Kliters anthrax, 38K liters botulinum toxin, 500 tons of /|\ \|/ :sarin, mustard and VX gas, mobile bio-weapons labs, nukular /\|/\ <--*-->:weapons.. Reasons for war on Iraq - GWB 2003-01-28 speech. \/|\/ /|\ :Found to date: 0. Cost of war: $800,000,000,000 USD. \|/ + v + : The look on Sadam's face - priceless! --------_sunder_@_sunder_._net_------- http://www.sunder.net ------------ On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
Yes to all points. Of course, this is why a bandana/burkha/ski mask is a good thing to carry when approaching an ATM. Better if they're IR opaque. Best not to do this if the ATM is attached to a bank though, for the sake of the guards' underwear :-)
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