Security-by-credential or security-by-inspection
georgemw at speakeasy.net
georgemw at speakeasy.net
Thu Nov 8 13:30:16 PST 2001
On 8 Nov 2001, at 11:58, Greg Broiles wrote:
> It's a popular fantasy, this idea that people will faithfully report a
> "true name" which can be matched to a database of past actions which will
> reliably predict future behavior - but it's a failure in every way, from
> the notion of a true, unique name, to the idea that access to dossiers can
> be both widely available and reliable, to the idea that it's possible to
> know what someone will do tomorrow based on knowledge of his behavior in
> the past.
>
Right. To be brutally specific, identification is generally useless
for preventing suicide bombings, because suicide bombers tend not
to be repeat offenders.
George
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