Re: Elementary Questions: Java And Reading Security Cards

From	Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.help
Subject	Re: Elementary Questions: Java And Reading Security Cards
Date	2012-12-12 20:39 -0800
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On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:28:42 -0500, Steve <tinker123@gmail.com> wrote,
quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>That does have a "really cool" factor to it.  However, something about a 
>universal ID gives me the creeps.


We put up with ids so long as they are incompetent, easy to forge,
easy to use if lost, so long as you need a wallet full of them. Credit
cards are effectively blank cheques. Once you do business with anyone
they, or anyone who works for them, can take your money again at any
time in future.

The scary part is the central control.  Somebody does not like you and
suddenly you can't buy anything, get into your house, start your car,
get medical care.  You are suddenly a non-person.

I have been trying to get around that objection by convincing
companies that sell code-signing certs to allow them to be put into
flash drives with the private key hidden, to use the way you could a
CAC. You would not need a reader, just a USB port. So far not even a
"thank you for sharing" response.


-- 
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com
Students who hire or con others to do their homework are as foolish 
as couch potatoes who hire others to go to the gym for them.

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Elementary Questions:  Java And Reading Security Cards Steve <tinker123@gmail.com> - 2012-12-06 09:45 -0500
  Re: Elementary Questions:  Java And Reading Security Cards Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-12-06 11:01 -0800
    Re: Elementary Questions:  Java And Reading Security Cards Steve <tinker123@gmail.com> - 2012-12-06 15:56 -0500
  Re: Elementary Questions:  Java And Reading Security Cards Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-12-06 14:47 -0800
    Re: Elementary Questions:  Java And Reading Security Cards Steve <tinker123@gmail.com> - 2012-12-07 10:01 -0500
      Re: Elementary Questions:  Java And Reading Security Cards Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-12-07 11:49 -0800
        Re: Elementary Questions:  Java And Reading Security Cards Steve <tinker123@gmail.com> - 2012-12-08 10:05 -0500
  Re: Elementary Questions:  Java And Reading Security Cards Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-12-06 14:58 -0800
    Re: Elementary Questions:  Java And Reading Security Cards Steve <tinker123@gmail.com> - 2012-12-07 10:05 -0500
      Re: Elementary Questions:  Java And Reading Security Cards Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-12-07 11:54 -0800
        Re: Elementary Questions:  Java And Reading Security Cards Steve <tinker123@gmail.com> - 2012-12-08 10:02 -0500
          Re: Elementary Questions:  Java And Reading Security Cards Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-12-08 16:27 -0800
            Re: Elementary Questions:  Java And Reading Security Cards Steve <tinker123@gmail.com> - 2012-12-10 11:28 -0500
              Re: Elementary Questions:  Java And Reading Security Cards Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-12-12 20:39 -0800
                Re: Elementary Questions:  Java And Reading Security Cards Steve <tinker123@gmail.com> - 2012-12-13 10:01 -0500
                Re: Elementary Questions:  Java And Reading Security Cards Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-12-17 02:57 -0800
  Re: Elementary Questions:  Java And Reading Security Cards Steve <tinker123@gmail.com> - 2012-12-10 11:30 -0500

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