From: Eugene Leitl (eugene@liposome.genebee.msu.su)
Date: Fri Jul 03 1998 - 06:00:44 MDT
VirgilT7@aol.com writes:
> None of which you can do right now without some form of government
> identification. I don't see the above as a big deal at all.
Passive, pigment-marked (laminated) cellulose ID is one thing.
A smart card, possibly with a short-range transponder is
another thing entirely. Or ubiquitous biometry readers.
For what's this is worth: I am against compulsory
IDs of any flavour. Having reliable, remote, realtime
identification/authentication is crucial, but it should be
a) voluntary b) retractable at any time. Orelse this opens up
a can of worms, economy size.
Do you see it now?
'gene
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