On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 11:40:31PM -0700, Crispin Cowan wrote: > What would help would be a tamper-resistant smart card. Tamper resistant > cards store the authentication info on a chip, and are packaged in epoxy > and wire such that if you try to cut them open, they fry themselves. But > that would cost a LOT of money. iButton DS1963S has this feature -- $4.71 for lots of 1000. It is about the size of several nickels stacked together. It isn't an IBM 4758, but then it costs $4.71 for lots of 1000. :) > Stop social security number theft by making them not worth stealing. I _like_ this idea. -- "A mouse can be just as dangerous as a bullet or a bomb." -- US Representative Lamar Smith (R-Texas)
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