From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 04:53:17 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Why is the world not perfect?
Message-ID: <199810010850.KAA00389@replay.com>
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Anonymous wrote:
> Why, if the ignition-controllers of cars are
> CPUs, aren't cars theftproof without a
> crypto-token?

The bastards (a term which collectively includes insurance companies,
police, car manufacturers and a host of others) make vast amounts of
money on the basis that your car is stolen regularly.

Scheduled Disasters are good for business. Whoever it was who had the
idea for a Y2K bug is currently minting it.