Schneier favoring drivers licenses for info superhighway?

[Sarad AV]

I think its a joke taken out of context by the media.

Sarath.


--- "Major Variola (ret.)" <mv at cdc.gov> wrote:
>
http://www2.ocregister.com/ocrweb/ocr/article.do?id=56662&section=BUSINESS&subsection=BUSINESS&year=2003&month=9&day=12
> 
> So why not institute mandatory education before
> people can go online?
> After all, motorists must obtain licenses before
> they can legally hit
> the road, and computers are much more complicated.
> 
> "It could be a four-year college degree, a one-month
> course. It might be
> a good idea," said Bruce Schneier, chief technology
> officer for
> Counterpane Internet Security Inc.
> 
> Or it might be a bad idea.
> 
> "The downside is everybody you know won't be able to
> have a computer
> anymore, and I like being able to send e-mail to
> friends," Schneier
> said.
> 


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