On 10 Jul 96 at 7:06, The Deviant wrote: [..]

this SHOULD never happen, for the same reason that money cards (the one's with the chip embedded in the plastic) should never happen. [..] ok, say I DID get a money card... here's the process that makes the encryption, and/or any other security, useless.

1) get a bank loan, and transfer the $$ onto the card.. lets say $100,000...

2) copy the chip.

Number (2) is not so easy with smartcard tech. --- No-frills sig. Befriend my mail filter by sending a message with the subject "send help" Key-ID: 5D3F2E99 1996/04/22 wlkngowl@unix.asb.com (root@magneto) AB1F4831 1993/05/10 Deranged Mutant <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com> Send a message with the subject "send pgp-key" for a copy of my key.