From: tms@cs.umd.edu (Tom Swiss (not Swift, not Suiss, Swiss!))
Subject: Re: Clinton wants National ID card, aka USSR-style "Internal Passport"
Organization: The Reality Liberation Front (pixels to the people!)
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slp9k@cc.usu.edu writes:
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>	I just want to point out that while I am fully in support of privacy,
>it will be possible soon to have a completely secure ID card, useable in bank
>transactions, medical, etc etc.

     There is no such thing as "completely secure," especially when dealing
with High Technology. It's all a question of cost: what cost are you
willing to bear to protect your information vs. what rewards the "bad guys"
are going to get if they break it. The rewards of breaking such a single ID
system would be high indeed.

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