[FYI] UK boost for digital signatures

[Brian Gladman]

----- Original Message -----
From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@openpgp.net>
To: <ukcrypto@maillist.ox.ac.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: [FYI] UK boost for digital signatures


> 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.

I am careful - this is why I want to read the small print :-)

     Brian