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Cash from your (or someone elses) phone ...
From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 17:51:14 -0800
"Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is testing a mobile payment system that lets users transfer up to $100 per transaction using text messaging" http://www.itworldcanada.com/Pages/Docbase/ViewArticle.aspx?id=idgml- 31f72c6a-52d6-4c95&Portal=adf2e621-0e0d-4183-a919- 7b6a2c72f30b&sub=7345 or http://tinyurl.com/4v4y3e OK, first thoughts: call forwarding (for both payment interception and payment verification). I can see some uses, but it will depend upon fees to a large extent. Mostly it seems like a solution in search of a problem. (With a large probablity of attendant problems ...) ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rslade () vcn bc ca slade () victoria tc ca rslade () computercrime org Our plans miscarry if they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. - Seneca victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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