Re: Wireless ecommerce

From: Charlie Stross (charlie@antipope.org)
Date: Fri May 26 2000 - 07:53:12 MDT


On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 12:06:33PM -0600, Sean Morgan wrote:
>
> As the devices become more ubiquitous, networking effects could allow
> for peer-to-peer transactions (Hal suggest we split the restaurant
> bill 4 ways. Agree?). Or play pocker with your buddies in the bar,
> without anything as flagrantly illegal as a stack of chips in front
> of you.

Just watch out for the first EPOC/32 email virus that phones your
encryption keys back to all the previously infected victims. Or makes
nuisance calls to New Delhi, on your phone bill.

-- Charlie



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