-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- jya@pipeline.com (John Young) writes:
WaJo reports today on IBM's tiny pocket computer that transmits data through the body -- to another body or to a device such as a telephone. Invented by Tom Zimmerman, formerly of the Media Lab, it can tell "anything you touch who you are." Being shown at Comdex.
The body as a token. How to crack a human? Grab and squeeze out a pass phrase.
this particular paragraph certainly brought some ideas to my head: Among other uses, Mr. Zimmerman says his setup could create a "personal area network" over one's body to link the various electronic devices a person carries. For instance, it could allow a pager attached to one's belt to transmit a phone number it receives to a cellular phone carried in a pocket. The researcher even imagines a version of the small computers that could be built into shoes, with the electricity to power them being generated by a person's steps. talk about an opportunity for sniffing data off someone or just pouring your data own into their 'personal network'. this is the 'denial of existence' attack - the computer cannot talk to you - you don't exist... - -pjf - -- "Those that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin (1773) finger for PGP key zifi runs LINUX 2.1.9 -=-=-=WEB=-=-=-> http://zifi.genetics.utah.edu -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.4, an Emacs/PGP interface iQCVAwUBMpEVLU3Qo/lG0AH5AQF91QP7Bq++q50LIvJ75f5MKPuifHgdO9OKZ7Kz tYRo7YupZrTvhuCF/FO3UBf8l2QJuEPaBXvy8QSGXU/iEi/arBsNQ3o7jZnUKr5V KAaWNM5qaFc596T3acTHu7ESi6/SYt3/8utdjcSl/a4MhrvVlxqYtQCzkGI3r3W2 IGo8ah5MVmw= =CMX6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----