Kid Gloves or Megaphones

[Lucky Green]

At 19:26 3/21/96, E. ALLEN SMITH wrote:
>From:   IN%"stewarts at ix.netcom.com"  "Bill Stewart" 16-MAR-1996 01:55:32.07
>
>>Depending on the details of Ian's method, I don't think the debate
>>needs to be taken to the public, or even done - it may simply be a
>>done deal once the technology's out there.  If Mark Twain Bank or
>>Merita Bank or the Federal <Exonive-Deleted> Reserve wants to offer
>Digicash(tm) with Payee-Non-Anonymity, they can always make it a contractual
>>requirement that their payees not use anonymity techniques in return for
>>being paid.
>
>        Wouldn't the viability of such a clause depend on the anonymizing
>scheme in question? If the bank's cooperation isn't needed (i.e., going through
>a proxy), then such a limit would be empty.

It is true that the issuer is unable to discover that double blinding is
being used. The real problem with the protocol is that it requires
payor/payee collusion, which may make it difficult to execute.


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