[8275] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: UK Sunday Times: "Steal the face right off your head"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ted Lemon)
Wed Dec 13 22:57:11 2000
Message-Id: <200012131716.eBDHGpZ00376@grosse.bisbee.fugue.com>
To: John Kelsey <kelsey.j@ix.netcom.com>
Cc: Bram Cohen <bram@gawth.com>, Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk>,
"R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com>,
Digital Bearer Settlement List <dbs@philodox.com>, cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: Message from John Kelsey <kelsey.j@ix.netcom.com>
of "Tue, 12 Dec 2000 02:39:33 EST." <4.1.20001212022720.009cfe90@pop.ix.netcom.com> <4.1.20001212022720.009cfe90@pop.ix.netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 10:16:51 -0700
From: Ted Lemon <mellon@nominum.com>
> Er, how does the criminal's calculation of this change from
> before? A guy who's going to (pardon the image) chop off
> your hand to get past the hand-scanner is just not likely to
> have many qualms about shooting you first, to keep you from
> squirming or making too much noise.
True enough, but I think your chances of being shot increase if your
hand has to be alive to be used in the scanner. It's kind of a
ridiculous point, though - my personal preference would be to just
remember a numeric code, and I would probably refuse to work for
somebody who wanted to use my body in this way.
_MelloN_
