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Re: Elementary Questions: Java And Reading Security Cards

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On 12/12/2012 11:39 PM, Roedy Green wrote:
> 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.
>
>

Do I understand you correctly?  You are saying that a "Personal CAC" 
would be safer than another type of ID or credit card in that it would 
not leave information behind?

I can see that being the case if it is a photo id and clerks look at the 
photo.  Then again as far as debit/cred cards go, there are some that 
use photos and a PIN.

Steve

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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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