From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 11:35:56 +0800
To: Thomas Grant Edwards <tedwards@Glue.umd.edu>
Subject: Re: Prediction about new credit card number scheme
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Thomas Grant Edwards wrote:
> 
> >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.

  I believe that there will be a public review period.

	--Jeff

-- 
Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw
Any opinions expressed above are mine.