I came to talk about Encryption. You can't have Electronic Commerce without strong encryption allowing for message authentication. If the US Government is going to keep trying to legislate the laws of Physics, then people will go elsewhere to buy their Encryption. Switzerland has for decades enjoyed a good reputation in this area. I digress here, but the US Congress has a track record of trying to legislate dumb answers to technical problems.
People can listen in to cellphone calls on simple 'police scanners'.
The fools didn't realize that just because it was illegal, wouldn't stop people from listening, and gave their customers a false sense of privacy. Getting back to the subject, I think Electronic Commerce will flourish. I don't claim to know what the answers are, but I know there are some people working on the problems, and others who are standing in the way. It should all shake out in the next few years. And as to who to contact where you can use my name, well, There's a guy I knew in Boston who's a big shot on the SET Development Team, but we haven't been in touch for years, and were only passing acquaintances at that.