Crypto implants

[William H. Geiger III]

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In <97Jul18.203330edt.32258 at brickwall.ceddec.com>, on 07/18/97 
   at 08:33 PM, Nobody <nobody at 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?"

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