1996-02-02 - Prediction about new credit card number scheme
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From: Thomas Grant Edwards <tedwards@Glue.umd.edu>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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From: Thomas Grant Edwards <tedwards@Glue.umd.edu>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 08:08:33 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Prediction about new credit card number scheme
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>By JOHN MARKOFF AN FRANCISCO --
>Hoping to remove a major impediment to credit card transactions over the
>Internet, a business group led by Mastercard International and Visa
>International plans to announce an industry-standard technology Thursday
>for protecting the security of electronic payments.
My prediction about the new CC standard: it will be a mistake if they
don't pass on the details to cypherpunks.
BTW - are any micropayment schemes reving up to commerciality yet???
-Thomas
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- 1996-02-02 (Fri, 2 Feb 1996 08:08:33 +0800) - Prediction about new credit card number scheme - Thomas Grant Edwards <tedwards@Glue.umd.edu>
- 1996-02-02 (Fri, 2 Feb 1996 11:31:55 +0800) - Re: Prediction about new credit card number scheme - Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
- 1996-02-02 (Fri, 2 Feb 1996 11:35:56 +0800) - Re: Prediction about new credit card number scheme - Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>