> > My complaint is against the parroting of patently absurd claims by > manufacturers (or governments, for that matter) under the guide of > journalism. > > If you need the reason to be concrete, here's one: I might buy this > magic water and apply it to some of my stuff, figuring I don't have to > shell out for a second pint because Robert Andrews has assured me the > thieves can't determine that it's on my Thing-1 but not my Thing-2.
There are tens of thousands of places inside a vehicle that a VIN# can be stashed. Sometimes you don't always want the attacker to know where the marks are. The point is that the thief should think anything expensive is protected, by which I mean it's too traceable to fence. At least right now, this is working. Hard to argue with success. --Dan --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]