1993-08-24 - (CuD) (CuNews) Smart Kard Forum

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From: hughes@ah.com (Eric Hughes)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1993-08-24 01:51:41 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 23 Aug 93 18:51:41 PDT

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From: hughes@ah.com (Eric Hughes)
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 93 18:51:41 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: (CuD) (CuNews) Smart Kard Forum
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Strick:
>Does anyone know if these Smart Kards could be available via anonymous
>cash transactions, like european telephone cards? 

Well, let's look at the applications.

>The cross-industry group will promote the use of smart-card technology
>for 

Not necessarily     identifying
  identifying       ===========
===============     health care
payment             identification
transit             security

My guess is that anonymity isn't even in their heads.

Eric





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