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Re: biometrics
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ben Laurie)
Mon Jan 28 12:26:55 2002
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Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 18:32:19 +0000
From: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk>
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To: "P.J. Ponder" <ponder@freenet.tlh.fl.us>
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"P.J. Ponder" wrote:
> Without think about it some more, I don't know whether to place the entire
> notion of security controls based on biometric telemetry in with _pure_
> bullshit like copy protection, watermarking, non-repudiation, tamper
> proofing, or trusted third parties. Admittedly, there is a lot of
> bullshit in the idea, I'm just not sure it is pure.
Why are trusted third parties pure bullshit? Surely there are
circumstances where a third party really can be trusted? Or are you
talking about the tainted meaning of TTPs (i.e. spooks that hold your
private keys)?
Cheers,
Ben.
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