For those of you who missed this little gem... -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org 0xBD4A95BF "Never belong to any party, always oppose privileged classes and public plunderers, never lack sympathy with the poor, always remain devoted to the public welfare, never be satisfied with merely printing news, always be drastically independent, never be afraid to attack wrong, whether by predatory plutocracy or predatory poverty." Joseph Pulitzer 1907 Speech ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 19:27:38 -0500 From: Declan McCullagh To: politech@politechbot.com Subject: [Politech] HP announces "National Identity System" for governments [priv] http://news.com.com/2100-7348-5722206.html HP aims to help governments check IDs May 26, 2005, 4:16 PM PDT By Alorie Gilbert Hewlett-Packard plans to launch a product on Friday that helps governments check the digital identity of citizens. The technology, called the HP National Identity System, is designed to be used in conjunction with a number of Microsoft products, including its .Net line of server, database and middleware programs. The companies plan to jointly develop, market and offer training for the authentication system. [...remainder snipped...] _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)