Re: [Taler] A hybrid approach to allow Taler payments at an EMV payment terminal

[Jaap-Henk Hoepman]

On 18/06/2024 09:37, Christian Grothoff wrote:
> On 6/18/24 07:54, Marc Stibane via Taler wrote:
> > > and the wallet can be programmed to enforce a maximum balance, to 
> > > address AML concerns.
> >
> > Nope. Open source, anyone could remove the limit.
>
> Eh, Free Software. Plus, compliance != security, so having a limit in 
> the canonical app and in the terms of service _may_ suffice. So this is 
> really one for actual specialists to figure out, not for us amateurs to 
> guess around.

If it is relevant for AML, the 'bad people' will try to avoid such a 
limit; terms of service are irrelevant that category of users ;-) It 
needs to be strictly enforced by soft- and hardware.

Jaap-Henk


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