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A virtual Swiss bank for the rest of us, from Time/Netly News (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Knowles)
Mon Feb 23 20:56:44 1998
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 17:06:28 -0800 (PST)
From: William Knowles <erehwon@dis.org>
To: DC-Stuff <dc-stuff@dis.org>, cryptography@c2.net
cc: declan@well.com
This sounds promising, But I have to wonder a little bit about
a Swiss bank, Chartered in Austria, and taking inquires from an
Internet domain in Liechtenstein. However run by a well-known
nym, and two directors of the bank with backrounds in the
intelligence community is worth another look, But it still
raises a little red flag in my book.
Myself and others are likely still a little burned by all the
technological advances that the European Union Bank was offering
and I hope I don't have to remind everyone what happened to them.
William Knowles
erehwon@dis.org
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 08:16:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
To: cryptography@c2.net
Subject: A virtual Swiss bank for the rest of us, from Time/Netly News
Sicherheit und Privat will be issuing digital cash, digital letters of
credit, and use a secret-sharing crypto app on a Pilot to handle stock
trading. A bunch of cypherpunk regulars, including Black Unicorn, are
involved.
Below is my writeup that's in this week's Time magazine. For details check
out my article in today's Netly News:
http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/opinion/0,1042,1756,00.html
-Declan
