extortion via digital cash (fwd)

[gimonca@skypoint.com (Charles Gimon)]

Forwarded message:
> From: scottb@aca.ca
> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 11:44:25 -0400
> Subject:  extortion via digital cash
> 
> Both ideas are bad, in that you stand a good chance at getting caught.
> 
> I was wondering, what if you demanded payment via Ecash, through nym 
> servers, aliases, etc.  From what I understand, it is just like cash, ie: no 
> record of transaction, but you get the added bonus of not having to meet the 
> other party-like a fund transfer.  Once you have your 1,000,000 Ecash, you 
> could dump it on a disk, and close your internet account (unless you really 
> really trust your privacy technology).  And I also think that you would have 
> the option to cash this into real funds at either the Mark Twain bank, or 
> likely somewhere in the Caymen Islands (maybe through those online gambling 
> houses).
> 

The Digicash product only has one-way anonymity. Their own pages are
a good place to start:

http://www.digicash.nl/ecash/about.html

--CG