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New hi-tech dog tags use encryption?... [CNN]
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> PENTAGON INTRODUCING HIGH-TECH DOG TAGS
>
> electronic military dog tag December 27, 1997
> Web posted at: 7:58 p.m. EST (0058 GMT)
>
> From Correspondent Jonathan Karl
>
> WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Through triumph and tragedy and two world wars,
> the military dog tag has been an American icon for generations of
> soldiers and sailors.
>
> Today's armed forces wear the same basic dog tag that their
> great-grandparents wore. But that's about to change.
>
> By 1999, the 1.4 million members of the active duty military will be
> issued a high-tech dog tag that contains a computer chip. CNN's
> Jonathan Karl reports
> icon 2 min. VXtreme video
>
> The old dog tags had just five lines for information, which included
> spaces for name, religion and blood type. The new digital tags,
> however, can contain volumes of multi-media information, including
> medical histories, X-rays and cardiograms.
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> "We have to be very concerned about how we protect the information
> -- in who's hands would it be, should it be encrypted, could the
> encryption be broken, what would happen if it ended up in the wrong
> hands," says Defense Secretary William Cohen.
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> If issues of cost and privacy can be solved, the old metal dog tags
> seem certain to become just another piece of military history.
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