THIS WAY, THE CON MEN WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHO YOU ARE

“It’s the equivalent of shaking hands, looking people in the eye, and knowing you have a deal.”

Irving Wladawsky-Berger, general manager of IBM’s Internet division, explaining why his company’s new Vault security technology would give consumers and merchants as much confidence in online transactions as they have in real-world ones, Reuters/Wired, 8 June 1998