Re: RFID Driver's licenses for VA

2004-10-09 Thread Bill Stewart
On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Sunder wrote: So the cops and RFID h4x0rZ can know your true name from a distance. and since RFID tags, are what, $0.05 each, the terrorists and ID counterfitters will be able to make fake ones too... Whee! At 04:35 PM 10/7/2004, Thomas Shaddack wrote: A defense is a metal

Re: Quantum cryptography gets practical

2004-10-09 Thread Dave Howe
Steve Furlong wrote: On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 14:50, Dave Howe wrote: The regular encryption scheme (last I looked at a QKE product) was XOR Well, if it's good enough for Microsoft, it's good enough for everyone. I have it on good authority that Microsoft's designers and programmers are second to

Re: RFID Driver's licenses for VA

2004-10-09 Thread Riad S. Wahby
Bill Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tinfoil Wallets, anybody? :-) My wallet is a metal cigarette case. It's quite effective at blocking RFID, proxcards, c. Plus, it's chic enough that almost no one considers the paranoia aspect. -- Riad S. Wahby [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Implant replaces ID cards for access to restricted areas.

2004-10-09 Thread Steve Furlong
On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 02:20, Nomen Nescio wrote: Mexican Attorney General, Staff Get Chip Implants Implant replaces ID cards for access to restricted areas. I think I'd get the implant under my scalp somewhere. If the implant gave access to a really critical place, I wouldn't want to risk

Financial identity is *dangerous*? (was re: Fake companies, real money)

2004-10-09 Thread R. A. Hettinga
Okay. So I'm coming to the conclusion that book-entry settlement, with its absolute requirement for both identity and float between transactions, is becoming more and more *un*-safe to use as internet ubiquity increases. Anyone want to pick up the other side of this and tell me why not? No

Re: RFID Driver's licenses for VA

2004-10-09 Thread Thomas Shaddack
On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Sunder wrote: So the cops and RFID h4x0rZ can know your true name from a distance. and since RFID tags, are what, $0.05 each, the terrorists and ID counterfitters will be able to make fake ones too... Whee! Given the power requirements for doing anything more than dumb

FBI Raids Indymedia

2004-10-09 Thread Eric Cordian
According to http://www.indymedia.it/, the FBI seized Indymedia's servers from their host, Rackspace. Thursday Oct 7 2004, at 6 PM, FBI issued an order to Rackspace in the US (Indymedia's provider with offices in the US and London) to remove physically two of our servers. The order was so

Re: FBI Raids Indymedia

2004-10-09 Thread J.A. Terranson
Unfortunately, which the Angry Little Fascist Midget Fuck (formerly known as George W. Bush) may have started this ball rolling, the Tall Fascist NotAtAll Midget Fuck (formerly known as Kerry) will not do anything to curb this kind of illegal and immoral behaviour if elected. They are both