[118312] in Cypherpunks
Welcome to the future ...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (P. Capelli)
Fri Sep 24 21:53:32 1999
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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 09:34:19 -0400
From: "P. Capelli" <pcapelli@atlas.nsec.net>
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Now, I know this isn't new news to anyone, but here's an interview
with the gent in England who had an identifying chip implanted in his
arm ...
http://geeknews.net/interviews/kevinw.shtml
What's interesting is the discussion on slashdot about it; rather,
how most people (okay, geeks) can overlook the downsides to this type of
'instrument', because they are blinded by the 'coolness' factor.
Scary. These are some of the more intelligent people in society, albeit
with perhaps less than normal social abilities.
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Pete Capelli pcapelli@nsec.net
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"Those who would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin, 1759
