In a message dated 8/24/2003 6:09:42 PM Central Daylight Time,
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> Apropos internet worms: I remember reading a story about ten years
> ago (maybe longer) where the main character was one of the
> implementers of a world-wide network of personal ID systems, and
> all real money was replaced by plastic. The main character drops
> out of sight by deleting his own records in the world-wide system
> and then becomes a revolutionary by coding powerful worms that can
> get into any of the government computers

Maybe "Shockwave Rider" by John Brunner
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent,
rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
-- Barbara Ehrenreich