Why Blockbuster looks at your ID.

[R.A. Hettinga]

At 1:16 PM -0400 7/8/05, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>I seem to have gotten that one drastically wrong. Thanks for the
>more accurate figures.

Don't worry. I would bet that identity theft will more than make up for it
soon enough, as transaction settlement times converge to instantaneity.

*That's* potentially *infinite* risk to the *consumer*, which is an
interesting proposition.

Cheers,
RAH

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