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Re: POC_ket
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[email protected] (John Young) writes:
>
> WaJo reports today on IBM's tiny pocket computer that
> transmits data through the body -- to another body or to
> a device such as a telephone. Invented by Tom Zimmerman,
> formerly of the Media Lab, it can tell "anything you touch
> who you are." Being shown at Comdex.
>
> The body as a token. How to crack a human? Grab and
> squeeze out a pass phrase.
this particular paragraph certainly brought some ideas to my head:
Among other uses, Mr. Zimmerman says his setup could create
a "personal area network" over one's body to link the
various electronic devices a person carries. For instance,
it could allow a pager attached to one's belt to transmit
a phone number it receives to a cellular phone carried in
a pocket. The researcher even imagines a version of the
small computers that could be built into shoes, with the
electricity to power them being generated by a person's
steps.
talk about an opportunity for sniffing data off someone or just
pouring your data own into their 'personal network'. this is the
'denial of existence' attack - the computer cannot talk to you - you
don't exist...
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