For reliable commercial use, these regulatory issues will have to be resolved. For a business deal to be consummated, the parties at each end must be able to verify that they are dealing with a reputable person or organization at the other end. That is, they must be able to determine that the person is who they claim to be. The implication is the need for very fast verification services and perhaps encryption devices. However, even with these technological fixes in place, the problem still reduces to one of mutual trust.
Verification is one aspect of security.
Others include protection from hackers, secure funds transfers, protection from disinformation, and privacy. There is great concern by people for maintain-ing their privacy. For example, with the network it is possible to tell who is buying which goods and to create highly targeted mailing lists. There is some work going on in using automated translation. Such translation is easier for business transactions than for general conversation because the vocabulary is limited.