In a message dated 21 Jun 96  07:14:44, Karl Wahlberg wrote:
 KW> Greetings, Jay.
 KW> 14 Jun 96 21:21, Jay Bergstrom wrote to All:
 JB>         Electronic money invades my privacy.  When I make a purchase,
 JB> the bank knows what i bought and where & when i bought it.  This is
 JB> nobody's business but mine!  And what purpose is this information
 JB> being used, if
 KW> You need to learn about e-cash! PGP level annonymous digital cash
 KW> transactions.
 KW> Not all forms of electronic money, or even ID need invade your
 KW> privacy!
 KW> The tools are there, we just need to fight for the right to use
 KW> them....
Since the gov't wants escrow keys and access to content I wouldn't really 
believe E-cash is really safe.
I have read articels and such on the above and while they all proclaim safety 
I look at the Clinton FBI scam and wonder how safe ANYTHING is really from 
the gov't if they want access to such info.
 KW> Off-topic here, though.
Maybe - maybe not. It does tie in with civil liberties, the abuse of gov't 
authority and the mj issue and the abuse of gov't powers of the saem.
Since I'm the moderator I don't mind REASONABLE discussions of the same - 
even thought there are echos specifically for these areas.
To kind of get back on topic what if the gov't had medical mj available to 
more people (as CA and other states are doing) and the gov't wanted to keep 
tabs on those who received such mj, those who had "permits" top grow the same 
and associates of those who received such benefits?
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