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1996-12-25 - Re: Legality of requiring credit cards?

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From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Reply To: <199612251920.LAA31394@slack.lne.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-12-25 23:00:25 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 15:00:25 -0800 (PST)

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From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 15:00:25 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Legality of requiring credit cards?
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Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com> writes:
> This is really scary to someone like me who doesn't often read
> laws.  They're required to report "suspicious" transactions
> (with the definition of "suspicious" left completely wide open)
> and they're not allowed to tell you that you have been reported.
> This sounds like police-state tactics, not something that would
> happen in a free and open society.

Yes - that's what the U.S. is.

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