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1996-10-11 - Re: “Drift net fishing,” GAK, FBI, and NSA

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From: roy@sendai.scytale.com (Roy M. Silvernail)
To: svmcguir@syr.edu (Scott McGuire)
Message Hash: 12b43453b01ea37e6622f0ddc3d04292602772bee12b113941afcfb60d2f7bc6
Message ID: <961011.070615.2E8.rnr.w165w@sendai.scytale.com>
Reply To: <ML-2.2.844987494.9124.scott@homebox.>
UTC Datetime: 1996-10-11 14:42:37 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 07:42:37 -0700 (PDT)

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From: roy@sendai.scytale.com (Roy M. Silvernail)
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 07:42:37 -0700 (PDT)
To: svmcguir@syr.edu (Scott McGuire)
Subject: Re: "Drift net fishing," GAK, FBI, and NSA
In-Reply-To: <ML-2.2.844987494.9124.scott@homebox.>
Message-ID: <961011.070615.2E8.rnr.w165w@sendai.scytale.com>
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In list.cypherpunks, svmcguir@syr.edu writes:

> roy@scytale.com said 

[re: my debit card]

>> I have one of those, too.  A couple of months ago, Thrifty car rental
>> refused to accept it to rent a car.  (the agent was pretty snotty about
>> it, too)  Beginning of a trend?
>
> Did he recognize that it wasn't a "real" card himself?  I find that many
> cashiers don't know what it is.  If you just say its a Visa (or MC etc.)
> they'll use it.  It works just like a real card when they swipe it.

She recognized it, alright.  Of course, it says "NORWEST Instant Cash
and Check" in brilliant yellow letters.

The exchange was like this:

Me:     offers debit card

Her:    "That's a check cashing card."

Me:     "No, it is _not_ a 'check cashing card'."

Her:    "Well, it's a debit card.  We don't accept those."

No sign, no warning.  If I hadn't been on a tight business schedule, I'd
have walked out.
- -- 
           Roy M. Silvernail     [ ]      roy@scytale.com
DNRC Minister Plenipotentiary of All Things Confusing, Software Division
PGP Public Key fingerprint =  31 86 EC B9 DB 76 A7 54  13 0B 6A 6B CC 09 18 B6
                Key available from pubkey@scytale.com

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