[81407] in Cypherpunks
Re: Steak Knife Decryption
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cyberdog)
Sat Jun 7 22:21:43 1997
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970607153157.3758C-100000@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 1997 21:42:55 -0400
To: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Cyberdog <eric@clever.net>
Reply-To: Cyberdog <eric@clever.net>
>On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, Mike Duvos wrote:
>
>> An interesting twist on rubber hose decryption in the case of the
>> murder of Jonathan Levin, son of the top executive of media
>> giant Time Warner.
>>
>> Police believe his ATM card was stolen, and he was then jabbed
>> with a steak knife until he revealed the PIN.
>>
>
>A "duress" PIN which cancels the account would be a good addition;
>similar to the "duress" code on home security systems that appear to
>disarm the alarm but send a silent alarm to the monitoring station.
>
>-r.w.
I would want my account to remain active but instruct the machine to
dispense marked cash in case I'm outside in the trunk.
----
Survivalmonger
