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Re: Electronic Cash
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A pointer to an interesting article in comp.society.privacy. The
Message-ID is <[email protected]>.
In comp.society.privacy, [email protected] writes:
> Anonymity is not a problem with digital cash.
[...]
> CONCLUSION: While the techology exists to mimick the anonymity of
> physical cash, it is extremely UNWISE to ignore the ease with which
> machines can be regulated by government. Consequently, it is unwise to
> assume that the benefits of anonymity will continue if digital cash
> replaces physical cash, and even if they did, somehow, continue,
> taxation would still be quite easily done by regulating the possession
> and use of the machines that transfer credits from one entity to
> another.
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Roy M. Silvernail -- [email protected]
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