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Dimitris Dimitriadis wrote: [snipped] [dd] If I have a particular set of identification means (password, voice, retinal scan, fingerprint, what have you) and rest assured that that's enough and they can be forged and used by others, we end up in the pig loving donkey case (only difference being that I have less money and more bills, possibly even a secret lover I didn't know of until then). If, on the other hand, we can come up with alternative means that cannot be forged, we can rest assured that nothing bad will happen. [snipped] Forgeries have always existed and always will. So are you asking how to keep the statical rate of occurence low enough to avoid violent revolution? (in spite of the fact that your tool is primarily a box that allows people to do stupid things at higher and higher speeds.) Has anyone noted the news items about computerizing land records for farmers in the backwoods of India? They use fingerprint IDs, and the government officials in charge seem sold on the concept that since passwords aren't being used they can't be abused. Said government officials have extrapolated to a zero probability of forgery (or at least a low enough probability of forgery). http://www.timesofindia.com/130101/13mban11.htm http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/regions/asia/073820.htm Joel Rees jreesmf@m...
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