[UTTER NOISE]Re: FV Demonstrates Fatal Flaw in Software Encryption of Credit Cards

[stevenw@best.com (Steven Weller)]

>> INFORMATION IS INSECURE THE MOMENT YOU TOUCH A KEY.
>
>> This does not mean that Internet commerce is dead.  Any scheme that is
>> not based on self-identifying one-way financial instruments such as
>> credit cards will be essentially unaffected by this problem.  Moreover,
>> even credit cards may be made safe on the Internet using one of two
>> approaches:  secure hardware add-ons and the First Virtual approach.

etc.

My name for this kind of software:

  Terminate and Stay Clueless


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