Robert, "If you ever tried to beam a phone number from a Samsung handset"
The phones should communicate through BlueTooth. If they are not compatible, it means that some producers don't respect the standard. "Worse, if the handset is used as identifier, e-gold becomes stealable" The phones are not used in any way as identifiers (phone number or anything). The buyer's phone interogates the merchant's phone about his account number and title. Then, the buyer's phone makes the usual E-gold spend from the E-gold account of the buyer to the E-gold account of the merchant. It is the usual E-gold spend! There is nothing different that using your computer to make the spend! "Software installed on a particular handset, would make the handset identifiable" Why is that? It's a piece of software, that's all! It's not designed for a specific individual! Plus, I didn't say the transactions should be un-identifiable. This aspect is not important. Important is for the transaction to take place. I want to buy a melon, I want to buy a carrot or a shirt. I don't need to hide the money, I just want to be able to make the spend. Why would you delete the transaction batch number? You don't delete it when you use your computer. Why is a phone any different than a computer? The phone doesn't store the information about trasactions, maybe only about the last one, but that's all. My phone sends a password to the E-gold system. Why would I care that the software can be hacked? The E-gold system can be hacked, but my account is protected with that password whether I use my phone or my computer to access the account. Also, phones are protected with PINs. If the phone is stolen, you go to a computer and change the password of your account. One more thing... the account stored in the phone should be different than the one accessed with the computer, for security reasons. Maybe you think that the developers of the software can read your password?! That's why E-gold should make this software! "But all that would need to be possible from 'any' handset, PDA, notebook," This has to start small, as I said, there should be a list of compatible phones. This list would grow in time. Considering that the initial investment is small, this system can be started regardless of how many phones can work together. "Ultimately, I believe that providers outside e-gold will develop a system on the same or similar principle" The more disolution the system contains, the less likely it is to be used on a mass scale because people have to go to a million places to make things work, and also vastly increases the security risks (hacking or anything else). E-gold must do this! Just as they did with the mobile protocol. Regards, George Hara www.filematrix.xnet.ro ------------------------------------------------------- Xnet scaneaza automat toate mesajele impotriva virusilor folosind RAV AntiVirus. Xnet automatically scans all messages for viruses using RAV AntiVirus. Nota: RAV AntiVirus poate sa nu detecteze toti virusii noi sau toate variantele lor. Va rugam sa luati in considerare ca exista un risc de fiecare data cand deschideti fisiere atasate si ca MobiFon nu este responsabila pentru nici un prejudiciu cauzat de virusi. Disclaimer: RAV AntiVirus may not be able to detect all new viruses and variants. Please be aware that there is a risk involved whenever opening e-mail attachments to your computer and that MobiFon is not responsible for any damages caused by viruses. --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
