Enclosed is an excerpt from Edupage. Snake-oil crypto popped into my mind.... I wonder if the FTC (Federal Trade Commission... agency *meant* to crack down on consumer fraud, for non-US readers here) would ever get into act here. Does the FTC have a home page? (Guess I'll do a search...) ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- ***************************************************************** Edupage, 17 March 1996. Edupage, a summary of news items on information technology, is provided three times each week as a service by Educom, a Washington, D.C.-based consortium of leading colleges and universities seeking to transform education through the use of information technology. ***************************************************************** TOP STORIES FTC Targets Internet Fraud [..] FTC TARGETS INTERNET FRAUD The Federal Trade Commission is conducting a "wholesale crackdown" on perpetrators of allegedly deceptive marketing schemes that are advertised in Internet news groups or on the World Wide Web. Charges were filed against nine individuals or companies accused of misleading the public, and agency officials say this is only the beginning: "The Internet opens a world of opportunities for consumers. Unfortunately, it also presents opportunities for scam artists. We intend to monitor the Internet rigorously and act decisively when we see deceptive and misleading marketing," says the director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. (Investor's Business Daily 15 Mar 96 A4) [..] Rob. --- Send a blank message with the subject "send pgp-key" (not in quotes) to <WlkngOwl@unix.asb.com> for a copy of my PGP key.