17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Tim May wrote:
And if we say "No thanks" to the no-knock searches, the street friskings, the "Papierren, bitte??" travel restrictions, what then?
Not much of a choice, eh?
No choice at all. My local 7/11 just installed a Verifone Tranz 330 for the sole purpose of checking the magstripes on the ID's of prospective alcohol buyers. See, the issue isn't if you are old enough to drink. The issue is do you have a government license to do so? Of course the new system will be hacked by enterprising juveniles. Which will only increase the calls for transponders to be implanted at birth. -- Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to> PGP encrypted email preferred. "Tonga? Where the hell is Tonga? They have Cypherpunks there?"