Borders UK and privacy

Declan McCullagh declan at well.com
Wed Aug 29 20:28:44 PDT 2001


On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 02:10:14PM -0400, Duncan Frissell wrote:
> Genetic sniffers, however can probably be defeated by devices that give
> off clouds of genetically random human biological material.
> 
> Offense and defense back and forth forever.

Maybe, but it seems like offense just got a boost. Passive biodefenses
don't work against an active offense. If sniffers start landing on your
skin and taking a microscopic sample, then they won't be trivial to 
defend against.

-Declan





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