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Bill Frantz (frantz@netcom.com)
Sat, 11 Apr 1998 11:01:47 -0800
At 4:31 AM -0800 4/11/98, Martin G. Diehl wrote:
>Bill Stewart wrote:
>>
>> >> http://www.cnn.com/TECH/science/9804/10/t_t/smart.stamp/index.html
>> >> (http://www.estamp.com/)
>> >> This is an article about a new postage stamp that can be printed
>> >> by your computer.
>[snip]
>> My first reaction to the estamp was "traffic analysis" -
>> the estamp has enough room in its bar code to keep track of
>> who bought the stamps. The web site doesn't indicate the
>> data formats....
>[snip]
>> Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com
>> PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639
>
>Hmmm, it _has_ to in order to detect double spending. Suppose
>you were able to capture the "stamp" at the printer port and
>"reimport" it as a graphic format -- that stamp could be used
>over and over.
On the other hand, the system probably doesn't have to be much more secure
than the current postage meter system.
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