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 Posted: Tue Sep 26th, 2006 02:35 pm
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Joe Kelley

 

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http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/2006/09/25/info_rings_save.html

Info rings save us from hassle of human interaction

 

Please imagine:

Anyone can falsify, and in doing so, there is a need to erase the record of that act otherwise the act can be traced back to the actor.  An example is finding a person with a stolen credit card at the store, using the credit card, and perhaps being on the store’s video camera.

There is great freedom in a simple exchange between strangers. People can get away with the slightest inaccuracy and have no pressure whatsoever to be factual. Then again there is a need to earn trust.

What happens when one person has continually misrepresented the facts to just about everyone they meet?

Here is the imagination part:

Would such a person use one of those rings?

Here is a hint:

Does such a person have good credit?