[117269] in Cypherpunks
Re: Project: Hardening Crypto Against Big Brother's "Black
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Wienke)
Mon Aug 30 17:39:01 1999
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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 13:50:27 -0700
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From: Jonathan Wienke <mis@itiaccess.com>
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At 10:20 PM 8/25/99 -0500, Sean Roach wrote:
>At 12:32 PM 8/25/99 -0700, Steve Schear wrote:
>...
>>I think I posted something about this a week or so ago.
"Indescriminate
>>weapons" are illegal, but with all the recent automated video
>>identification technology coming on tap its quite possible that an
>>automated threat assessment system could be created that had
sufficient
>>descrimination to use force (even lethal force in the case of "hot
>>entries," especiall warrentless ninja jobs) and pass judicial
muster.
>
>I doubt that the government will let that happen any time soon. Not
>because they want to be able to get in and out without having to
answer to
>anyone, (well, that too,) but because they will be squeamish about
taking
>humans out of the decision loop to use deadly force.
With a remote audio/video link, you could remotely identify a target,
then aim & fire a weapon at it. The USMC has a nifty device that
mounts a scoped M-16 on a low tripod. You have a camera view through
the scope, a second camera, and a laser. The second camera is intended
to be used in conjunction with the laser. The remote lets you switch
between cameras, activate the laser, aim the weapon, and fire. It was
on display at the Urban Warrior 99 expo in the former Alameda Naval
Air Station (also home of the USS Hornet) a few months ago. IIRC, it
only cost about $25K or so, and is somethiong every Paranoid
Survivalist Gun Freak(TM) should have.
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