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Re: Thoughts on ATM cards

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Colin Plumb)
Thu Jun 26 01:52:31 1997

Date: Wed, 25 Jun 97 23:17:17 MDT
From: colin@nyx.net (Colin Plumb)
To: cryptography@c2.net, wsimpson@greendragon.com

>  - What kind of card to collect?
>  - From what common bank?
>  - Do the cards need to be closed accounts?

I think that would be safest, since you'd have to publish the card
details and PIN to all the breakers.

>  - Can we publish the data in such a fashion that enough details are
>    missing to prevent disclosing the original account holder?

I doubt it.  The account number is used in the system, which is pretty
much a dead giveaway.
-- 
	-Colin

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