taler-www

commit a04fb8eae4d096a4c98d83ce4801fc257ef50c94
parent da2ea92e99b6e228d29a8c15a436c2ef8f92f6fa
Author: Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>
Date:   Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:26:24 +0200

more news


Former-commit-id: 2f70cceccf5f2e6508199d2e56d4aeabcf0614aa
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about.html
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financial-news.html
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3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/about.html b/about.html
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@
           <p lang="de">&Uuml;bersetzer</p>
           <p lang="fr">Traductrice</p>
         </div>
+	<div class="col-lg-4">
+          <h2>Marcello Stanisci</h2>
+          <p lang="en">Taler client-side developer</p>
+          <p lang="it">Sviluppatore Taler lato-utente</p>
+          <p lang="de">Taler Client-Seite Entwickler</p>
+          <p lang="fr">Devéloppeur de Taler client-côté</p>
+        </div>
       </div>
 
       <!--# include file="common/footer.inc" -->
diff --git a/financial-news.html b/financial-news.html
@@ -26,6 +26,18 @@
             country on the energy consumption of a single US household.
           </p>
           <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/bitcoin-is-unsustainable" role="button">Source</a></p>
+          <h2>30-4-2015: 1970 Researchers Predicted Debit Cards Would be Great for Surveillance</h2>
+          <p>&quot;Suppose you were an advisor to the head of the KGB,
+          the Soviet Secret Police. Suppose you are given the
+          assignment of designing a system for the surveillance of all
+          citizens and visitors within the boundaries of the USSR. The
+          system is not to be too obtrusive or obvious. What would be
+          your decision?&quot;<br>
+          The think tank RAND essentially answered this question with
+          a blueprint for modern payment systems.  Taler offers an
+          escape from the financial panopticon.
+          </p>
+          <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/1970s-researchers-predicted-debit-cards-would-be-great-1699216972" role="button">Source</a></p>
         </div>
 
         <div class="col-lg-12">
diff --git a/governments.html b/governments.html
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
           <h2 lang="it">Tassabile</h2>
           <p lang="en">Taler is an electronic payment system that was built with the goal of supporting taxation.
              With Taler, the receiver of any form of payment is known, and the payment information comes
-             attached with details about what the payment was made for.  Thus, governments can use this
+             attached with some details about what the payment was made for (but not the identity of the customer).  Thus, governments can use this
              data to tax buisnesses and individuals based on their income, making tax evasion and
              black markets less viable.</p>
 	  <p lang="de">Taler ist ein elektronisches Zahlungssystem, welches die Besteuerung einzelner
 	     Transaktionen erm&ouml;glicht. Im System sind die Empf&auml;nger f&uuml;r jeden Zahlungsvorgang
-	     bekannt, genauso wie die Details &uuml;ber den Zweck der Transaktion. Dadurch
+	     bekannt, genauso wie bestimmte Details &uuml;ber den Zweck der Transaktion (aber nicht die Identit&auml;t des Kunden). Dadurch
 	     erm&ouml;glicht Taler es Regierungen, sowohl Firmen als auch Privatpersonen auf Basis
 	     ihres Einkommens zu besteuern und erschwert gleichzeitig noch Steuervermeidungen sowie den
 	     Schwarzmarkthandel.</p>
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 	     e il conio possono matematicamente dimostrare il loro comportamento legittimo in un processo, in
 	     caso di controversie. I danni finanziari sono molto limitati attraverso l'incremento di sicurezza
 	     economica per l'individuo, il venditore, il conio e lo stato. Ancora più importante è il fatto che un
-	     qualsiasi revisore di conti indipendente possa assicurare che non ci sia un "conio cattivo" all'interno 
+	     qualsiasi revisore di conti indipendente possa assicurare che non ci sia un "conio cattivo" all'interno
 	     del sistema di Taler che potrebbe minacciare l'economia attraverso frodi fiscali.</p>
        </div>
       </div>