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fiction script, you obviou:
_. haven’t been keeping -up -
-your. reading. on the subjec:

. thought-provoking -ramific-—
ations of the. home . TV.

— within .
* compared to EFTS the home’

. : tronic
Systems. In ‘certain simple

_ credit-authorization — ‘cards;
for example -- it’s already i in.
operation today. But, as the -

- nothing yet. .

is a completely _ ‘cashless

' cheques

. ‘Serting. a personal magnetic oe

‘The date: ‘1988. Guaybe ‘geoner): : The scene: ta :
‘checkout at your Antendly ‘neighborhood super-
market. por Ras cats

seconds, then a. red light comes on. eS

: “Sorry, madam,” says. the ‘checkout girl, “Tm

afraid you'll have to. leave your. groceries here.
“You don’t have any money in the bank in

IE. that sounds - like. an
excerpt from a zany science- ..

of EFTS.. Last week, FOCUS. .
looked at. some. of .- the”

computer terminal which the:
boffins are promising us” all.
a decade. But.

computer terminal. is. as s.
harmless as a pinball table.

-BFTS stands for. Blec- - :
Funds _ - Transfer

forms -- cash dispensers and -

credit: left in your ; account,
that is is. oa,
"Saying goes, you. ain't. seen Be

. The. ‘end ‘purpose of EFTS “
a opening scene.
‘society in which ‘banknotes, “
and | -evenutally |
.perhaps éven small change
will be’ entirely’ -eliminated.

Instead, : ‘you'll pay for all»
purchases. ‘merely by. - in-

cashless . ‘Society are even
more wide-ranging than
those of the home computer
‘terminal -- which in_ itself

“money card” into “a point-.
of-sale. computer terminal at
the store, .

These retail outlet: ter-
minals will be linked to
central computers at banks,
trust companies and credit
unions. The act of inserting
your card : into | the store
terminal will instantaneously

Closures

for monetary ' transactions.

- With. no more cash or
cheques to handle, today's

Night closures ofthe Lions
Gate Bridge, which went ¢
into effect August 20, ended .

 last-Friday. The bridge had [Mat

been closed from 11:30 p.m.
to 6 am. Sunday nights [
through Thursday | nights —

during the period.

The work, major main-
tenance performed below |
the deck of the suspended —
span, was in preparation for
the major deck replacement .
expected to be called later — |
next year and last until 1982,,
said Highways Minister Alex —
Fraser. This particular phase —
has now been completed, .

Other aspecis of this §
preparatory work will -
continue over the next few |
months but will not require
closures. However, a
further period of nightly §
closures will likely be |
required in the new year, = | | |
warned the minister, when | a ot
the contractor carries out | |
another phase of the work .
similar to that just com-~-
pleted.

“money” in “your:
“account to the: storekeeper’ Ss”
account - always provided ©
-. you. have either funds -‘or ©

= If you have neither, you'll -
| ‘be. in” the’ embarrassing :
Position of the aay} in. our

‘The implications ‘of ‘the :

bank branches’ ‘will become
“virtually — “redundant. |

discuss: , your™.

END OF HOLDUPS

You’
will: probably never. see. the.
inside ‘of: one. In: ‘place. of

: | | ee z “tellers and accountants they
The checkout t pirl umes the last loat of bread i

into the third: bulging bag of ; groceries, inserts her.
customer’s little: plastic card into a slot in the
“elaborate cash register and. touches a button. The |
‘machine rattles, hisses and grunts for two or r three: ~

-and ‘data- —
. processing | technicians, and.
the office. where you: used to.
cash “flow

doneis the selling of the idea

‘to the. public. = the. winning
of. sufficient _ public - ac-

‘the ‘whiz kids. of the com-
puter — industry are con-
‘centrating at the moment on
ironing . out. | the
psychological.

safeguarding privacy.

a If the. ‘merchandise you" ve : 2 la —
oy bought is" faulty; you-won't: 7

be able to stop payment. |] mo

possession of his lemon.

that often goes undetected,

because it is committed by a | | we
handful of skilled computer’ {f° -

programmers. who. un- |]. -
derstand the > system far. |

betes than their bosses...

: Financial” privacy. ‘could at
‘also. bite. the. dust, since a if

record . of “every. ‘single

several. AS.

All the. ‘technology and att

hardware for -EFTS are.

already in existence. The .
major job remaining tobe |]

I It's our C ‘ON Ly
— ot the year! |

FOR THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

: : ‘Bank. hholdups, of course; |
~ will disappear into ‘history. -
“They. will be: replaced | by f 4.
computer. crime -- already a. ||
multi-million dollar business. |

-Your.» money... will have $f °
passed irrevocably into the |}
-merchant’s hot little’ account: | I
~at:-the. very instant you take 2 | on

7 transaction you make will be “EU:
’ stored in a central data ~~
bank, or. more ‘likely: in. J}.
‘we. Know, ff]
: nothing gossips.more freely. |
than _a computer when {|}
~ somebody presses the right . o
button. . .
will. eventually be adaptable

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during the past few. years,
you just happen. to. ‘be ex-
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dividual horror stories of -
“wrong button” victims: are a.
dime. a dozen. One of. the:
Jatest.. occurred — only —

ceptance’ ‘to justify the costs - week, when 250— ‘Delta

-.of setting up the system. So.
- will: be. staffed by terminal. |
operators .

kinks,
especially the. problem of ©
of a bank ‘manager. ‘will be. OCc- .
a cupied, instead, . by. a. big
» prey heartless TBM. ‘At won't...
be interested. in “your: cash
On flow problems. OE

‘There : are two other rather ;
vital: kinks, however, that
~ nobody in the industry seems
~~ to talk “about. . First, com-
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‘records screwed up:by some © News, |
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residents found themselves

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tax bills because a computer. -
clerk. tapped a ae out” Fok: -
turn.

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fingers at: the keyboard, .
computers are also perfectly”
capable of screwing you up
on their own.. Things" like
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neighboring _ ‘static -

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