[83350] in Cypherpunks
Re: Crypto implants
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nobody)
Fri Jul 18 21:25:35 1997
From: Nobody <nobody@rigel.cyberpass.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 20:33:21 -0400
To: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: <v03102817aff57f01f29b@[10.0.2.15]>
Reply-To: Nobody <nobody@rigel.cyberpass.net>
On Fri, 18 Jul 1997, Steve Schear wrote:
> [I could find no instance in the cypherpunks archives of this thread.
> Forgive me if I've erred.]
>
> As single chip crypto devices are now available (e.g., smart cards) it is
> not unreasonable to ask how the implantation of advanced bio-chips may
> challenge current notions of civil liberties.
I suggested using a chip which derived the equivalent of a passphrase from
brainwaves (when you are calm) - SF now, but in a few years...
And there may be opportunites to make it tamperproof - if removed it is
detected and data destroyed, or make removal all but impossible without
killing the patient.
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