-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In <97Jul18.203330edt.32258@brickwall.ceddec.com>, on 07/18/97 at 08:33 PM, Nobody <nobody@rigel.cyberpass.net> said:
On Fri, 18 Jul 1997, Steve Schear wrote:
[I could find no instance in the cypherpunks archives of this thread. Forgive me if I've erred.]
As single chip crypto devices are now available (e.g., smart cards) it is not unreasonable to ask how the implantation of advanced bio-chips may challenge current notions of civil liberties.
I suggested using a chip which derived the equivalent of a passphrase from brainwaves (when you are calm) - SF now, but in a few years...
And there may be opportunites to make it tamperproof - if removed it is detected and data destroyed, or make removal all but impossible without killing the patient.
Hmmmm ... Waco ... Ruby Ridge .... It would seem that murdering US Citizens is an excepted investigation tatic of the federal government these days. Unfortunatly I don't see things changing any time in the future. "Why is it you can never find the Plutonium Disinfectant when you need it?" - -- - --------------------------------------------------------------- William H. Geiger III http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii Geiger Consulting Cooking With Warp 4.0 Author of E-Secure - PGP Front End for MR/2 Ice PGP & MR/2 the only way for secure e-mail. OS/2 PGP 2.6.3a at: http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii/pgpmr2.html - --------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: cp850 Comment: Registered_User_E-Secure_v1.1b1_ES000000 iQCVAwUBM9AFH49Co1n+aLhhAQHLzAP+MnJLzIicTuACxj0ey0QHFDWLN0/+1qeW ihNU0UmY0FTX22CHcefQVFa/KwPuYymXxunIFplgdl/fRRjP6kzvUM4JQnJxmJv/ WmxEX56aMGlNab0egem5miHN+DKexOf2odwcggj2sBAGu1H2nHwUY0/ikXC27OzN xiQpm2NfQRU= =RRlR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----