Re: [LINK] RE: Convergence

From: Danny Yee (danny@anatomy.usyd.edu.au)
Date: Fri Mar 01 2002 - 15:39:08 EST


Roger Clarke wrote:
> And naturally the manufacturer that wants to own you would force such
> messages to have 'testing' and 'integrity assurance' modes, and to
> include the device-ID, and the registered purchaser ID ...
 
Don't forget the porn detection software. If we can build that into
the cameras then we can stop people even _taking_ naughty photos,
forget about publishing or viewing them!

(And when we're all cyborgs in 2080, maybe our retinas will
automatically black out potentially naughty bits...)

Danny.
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