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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UTC Datetime: 1996-02-02 00:08:33 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 08:08:33 +0800

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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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