geographically removed? eHalal

Major Variola (ret) mv at cdc.gov
Tue Nov 30 18:36:39 PST 2004


At 10:33 PM 11/28/04 -0500, Steve Furlong wrote:
>I see that an irrevocable payment system, used by itself, is ripe for
>fraud, more so if it's anonymous. But why wouldn't a mature system make

>use of trusted intermediaries? The vendors register with the intermedi-

>ary *, who takes some pains to verify their identity, trustworthiness,
>and so on, and to keep the vendors' identities a secret, if
appropriate.

Halal was deemed a terrorist weapon, and contrary to the treasury's
policies, game over.





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