To: WSFAlist at keithlynch.net
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 23:36:09 -0400
Subject: [WSFA] Fw: Winston Smith
From: ronkean at juno.com
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

>-----Original Message-----
>From: mike at mail
>Beasley
>Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002
>
>Subject: [WSFA] A Look Into National ID Cards
>
>Scott,
>
>This was posted on slashdot only a few minutes ago-
>http://slashdot.org/articles/02/08/16/207227.shtml?tid=103
>
>"A Look Into National ID Cards
>"[United States] Posted by michael on Friday August 16, 2002
>"from the homesec dept.
>"mr.buddylee writes "Last month Slashdot reported a Popular Science
story on
>your privacy. This month the magazine has a couple different articles
about
>the future of security after the attacks on 9/11. Included is a very
>interesting read on National ID Cards which looks at possible
technologies
>integrated into the card."
>
>The post contains a link to an article in Popular Science-
>http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,12543,335428,00.html
>
>Gee, it's interesting that their photo of a sample "USID"
>card reminds me a bit of something I've seen elsewhere...
>
>http://www.darpa.mil/iao/
>"IAO Mission:  The DARPA Information Awareness Office (IAO) will
imagine,
>develop, apply, integrate, demonstrate and transition information
>technologies, components and prototype, closed-loop, information systems
>that will counter asymmetric threats by achieving total information
>awareness useful for preemption; national security warning; and national
>security decision making."
>
>... it's even more interesting that the name shown on the
>sample National ID card there is ... "Winston Smith".
>
>It's probably a safe bet that 90% of the public doesn't
>know or remember the significance of that fictional name.
>
>http://www.newspeak.com/1984.htm
>"Winston Smith, the protagonist of Orwell's novel [1984] becomes a
Thought
>Criminal."
>
>As for the other 10% - perhaps it's someones idea of great
>fun to kinda "rub their [our] noses in it".
>
>Mike
>

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