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> From: Tim May[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Reply To: Tim May
> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 1:23 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: RSA fasion trends.
>
> At 3:00 AM +1000 4/18/00, Julian Assange wrote:
> >
> TRENDS - ENCRYPTION
> Byline: SUELETTE DREYFUS
>
>
> So what is hot in cryptowear? Look for ephemeral keys, template-less
> biometrics, sheer digital watermarks lined with a crinoline of crypto
> >and au natural molecular computing.
>
>
> >Sitting in a trendy Brunswick Street cafe, Duane revealed his
> >predictions after jetting into Melbourne recently from RSA's
> >headquarters in the Milan of the IT world, Massachusetts.
> >...
> >Some of these, such as template-less biometrics, are so new they are
> >little more than a theoretical sparkle in designers' imaginations, but
> >they are moving fast. Others, such as digital watermarking, will be
> >retro by the time they become widespread. They've existed for some time,
> >but Duane predicts they may take off in a much larger way in future.
> >...
> >Next season could also see a return to nature, with molecular computing
> >used as a way to break cryptographic keys. The natural look is back in
> >vogue among the large-lobed in other ways as well, with Duane openly
> >sporting long hair in a pony tail. ``The only time I purposely tuck it
> >in is when I'm riding my Harley,'' he said.
>
>
> I nominate this article as the most pretentious--or should I say
> "precious"?--mixing of metaphors seen in a major piece of reporting
> this year.
>
> This latest Dreyfus affair is tedious beyond words. No doubt she (or
> he) will be an honored guest and probably a speaker at the next CFP.
>
> --Tim May
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