[FYI] UK boost for digital signatures

[William H. Geiger III]

In <004001c027c0$1f8444a0$71269fd4@fortytwo>, on 09/26/00 
   at 07:26 AM, "Brian Gladman" <brg@gladman.plus.com> said:

>From: "Ben Laurie" <ben@algroup.co.uk>
>To: <ukcrypto@maillist.ox.ac.uk>
>Cc: <debate@fitug.de>; <krypto@thur.de>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 12:33 PM
>Subject: Re: [FYI] UK boost for digital signatures

>[snip]
>> > An internet start-up company has struck an alliance with the Post
>> > Office to offer free digital signatures to millions of consumers, in
>> > a move designed to boost public confidence in using the internet for
>> > online transactions.
>>
>> Hot news! Post Office+someone-or-other are going to give everyone what
>> they had already! For nothing!

>As usual we need to see the small print but I am certainly interested in
>one feature that figured in the announcement - it indicated that users
>would be fully insured against fraud.

>It is quite possible that this will prove to be less than robust than it
>appears but there may be something of value here if the Post Office will
>truly carry ***all*** the risks involved.

Be carefull for what you ask for, this very well could expand into a mandatory Internet ID & tracking system.


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