From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 95 22:28:20 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: e$: The Book-Entry/Certificate Distinction
Message-ID: <199508240528.WAA09482@blob.best.net>
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At 12:01 PM 8/22/95 -0400, Robert Hettinga wrote:
> It's easy
> to see how a combination of certification technology and cryptographically
> anonymous voting protocols allow the direct election of a company's board
> members without proxies -- another hierarchical device -- for instance.

It is not so easy for me to see how such protocols allow the 
shareholders to control the company's keys if the CEO 
tells the shareholders to go and stick their heads 
in a bucket.

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