Re: Big Brother getting Bigger

From: Uncle Al (UncleAl0_at_hate.spam.net)
Date: 10/13/04 

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 10:57:16 -0700

jitney wrote:
>
> The FDA has just approved the use of an implantable computer chip in
> humans, from the AP wire:
> http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/tech/2004/oct/13/101309941.html
>
> Expect Big Brother to tell us it will only be used for good
> purposes.-Jitney

When you see the size of the implantation needle your brain will start
screaming inside your skull. Anybody with a portable RF interrogator
will be able to query your implant from up to about 5 feet away. Once
the data is collected it can be impersonated. Cf: radar jamming and
"anti-kindapping" chips; the second make of the "Thomas Crown Affair"
with bowler-wearing clones at the end.

The minimal requirement for a security chip would be on-the-fly deep
encryption. The DES standard is both laughable and backdoored by the
NSA.

OTOH, A Mobil gasoline thingie is keyring small and very convenient.
Mobil has gone to secondary verification required for its use, since
anybody with an RF interrogator... 

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