IRS vs. privacy

Matthew J Ghio mg5n+ at andrew.cmu.edu
Sun Apr 17 18:41:19 PDT 1994


Mike McNally <m5 at vail.tivoli.com> wrote:

> This builds a good case for the notion that the IRS will
> have big, big problems with digital cash economies.

No, they will have big problems with ANONYMOUS digital cash economies. 
The IRS loves the current digital cash systems, such as ATM cards,
because they let them spy on your bank account. :) 
digital-cash!=anonymous-transactions

> They also probably have problems with electronic magazines
> mailed through anonymous remailer chains :-)

heh.  Maybe we ought to convince phrack to publish this way?






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