3 Aug
2002
3 Aug
'02
7:06 a.m.
On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, Morlock Elloi wrote:
Ah, the computers. Well, those that want computers will have them. They may not be as cheap as today and there will not be as many of them, but I think that all people *I* deal with will have them, so I don't really care.
Sure, people will have computers. However, if we merrily slide down the slippery slope the authentication might move into the network layer eventually. You will be on the network, yet you will be not on the network. One might be able to fab computers at small scale (FPGA, organic transistors via inkjet, whatever), but it will be tough to create global networks using just overlapping patches of wireless. Especially, if rogue wireless will be rather illegal.