On Tuesday, December 3, 2002, at 01:55 PM, Steve Schear wrote:
Digital Monetary Trust now supports Digital Bearer Certificates. https://196.40.46.24/dmtext/jog/dmt_bearercert.htm Although the DBC are not blinded, DMT claims it maintains no client data on its accounts so there is a modicum of anonymity in transactions.Well, on the Modified May Anonymity Scale, where "would take a billion years to crack" is "good," and where "will require subverting 20 servers and cracking each's mapping" is "OK," this rates a "takes a phone call," which makes it "not good."
"Trust us."
Boring. Thinking this is a step in the right direction is like thinking building a tall tower is a step toward going to the moon.
--Tim May
"The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant." --John Stuart Mill
