commit 28d8e3ff208ef040f4340966921554c790821a25
parent 271a5c47dc0a93d92577bcb8cb161b5cdf2b7f6a
Author: Marcello Stanisci <marcello.stanisci@inria.fr>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 14:00:00 +0200
removing use of 'mint'
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/financial-news.html b/financial-news.html
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
fear banks suing them for losses. It is not suggested that the merchant
in question was not in compliance with PCI DSS security audit procedures.<br>
With Taler, merchants never handle sensitive personal credit data, and
- thus neither customers, mints nor governments would even have standing to
+ thus neither customers, exchanges nor governments would even have standing to
sue merchants in court. Thus, if a merchant system were to be compromised,
the damage would be limited to the merchant's own operations.
<p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/12/judge-rules-that-banks-can-sue-target-for-2013-credit-card-hack/" role="button">Source</a></p>
@@ -100,11 +100,11 @@
In Taler, customers do not have accounts with usernames, passwords
or associated e-mail addresses. Instead, Taler uses reserves which
are represented by a private key on the owner's computer. Users
- create a reserve by depositing currency at a Taler mint, and can then
+ create a reserve by depositing currency at a Taler exchange, and can then
withdraw digital coins from that reserve using the respective private
key. There is no limit on the number of reserves a user can have, and
- even hacking the Taler mint would not provide an adversary with access to
- user's reserves (as the Taler mint does not have the private keys).
+ even hacking the Taler exchange would not provide an adversary with access to
+ user's reserves (as the Taler exchange does not have the private keys).
Stealing in Taler requires breaking into each customer's computer to
extract the reserve keys or the coins from the digital wallet.
</p>
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@
As terrorism and organized crime are covered by legal means, industrial
espionage to improve the US economy is the only remaining US national
interest within the NSA's mandate that would explain this illegal activity.<br>
- With Taler, mints will only learn the value of a merchant's transactions,
+ With Taler, exchanges will only learn the value of a merchant's transactions,
not who paid or for what (governments may learn what was sold). Thus,
- the Taler mint is a significantly less interesting target for industrial
+ the Taler exchange is a significantly less interesting target for industrial
espionage.
</p>
<p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/spiegel-exclusive-nsa-spies-on-international-bank-transactions-a-922276.html" role="button">Source</a></p>
