http://www.uwm.edu/~davida/ US GOVT SUPRESSES COMPUTER SECURITY INVENTION-"Threat to US security." Milwaukee-george Davida,proffr at the university of wisconsin at Milwaulkee,faces 2 years in prison and a 10,000$ fine if he discloses the results of his independent invention a computer security device.According to the US Commerce Dept,Davidas invention could become a threat to US security. According to the university's assistant chancellor,frank Cassell,Davida devaloped "a very simple machine that solves a big problem,the security of computers,keeping unauthorized persons from getting into records. "The whole thing is shocking,"said Cassell,of the Govts intervention."It could mean that every proffr will live in fear of his research being repressed if someone in the federal govt see's fit to do so. Related Links Information Security Journal Financial Cryptography '01 Information Security Conference'01 Research Interests Cryptography and Data Security Biometrics Identification