IMP (was Re: ecash-info (fwd))

Eric Hughes hughes at ah.com
Fri Jun 3 14:22:36 PDT 1994


   > Transmitting card numbers electronically over the Internet can only
   > exacerbate that problem.

   Yes, if transmitted in the clear, PGP is legal now :-).  Vendors on the
   net need to be pushed to use encryption.

I'm not referring to the problem of sniffing credit card numbers off
the net.  I'm referring to the problem of credit card fraud by the
operation on the receiving end.  Even if the transmission is
encrypted, there's still risk.

Eric






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