CDR: RE: digital angel (tracking device)

Trei, Peter ptrei at rsasecurity.com
Mon Oct 30 07:02:36 PST 2000



> Sampo A Syreeni[SMTP:ssyreeni at cc.helsinki.fi] wrote
> On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Eric Murray wrote:
> 
> >>The unit can be turned off by the wearer, thereby making the monitoring
> >>voluntary. It will not intrude on personal privacy except in
> applications
> >>applied to the tracking of criminals.
> >
> >Heh.
> >
> >>Digital Angel[tm] measures bodily parameters. It does not interact with
> >>the body chemically or biologically. Designed to be completely harmless,
> >>Digital Angel will not interfere with bodily functions in any way...
> >
> >at least in this version.
> 
> And pulling the last two together, we have Digital Angel/IE (Instant
> Execution), for those really Bad Seeds. The plus model will zap the
> offender if brought near Digital Angel/FC (For Children).
> 
> Sampo Syreeni <decoy at iki.fi>, aka decoy, student/math/Helsinki university
> 
Go check out Harlan Ellison's short story "Repent Harlequin! cried the Tick
Tock
Man". This is really life imitating art.

Peter Trei






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