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Why not make it standard?Why not make it standard?Posted Nov 21, 2005 19:32 UTC (Mon) by bojan (subscriber, #14302)Parent article: Richard Stallman's Tin-Foil Hat (Bruce Perens' Journal)
So, why don't they just make a standard case for RF ID thingies that prevents random scanning, while allowing people to use the card for identification at checkpoints. Maybe RMS should patent his invention? ;-)
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Why not patent it? Posted Nov 21, 2005 20:09 UTC (Mon) by kirkengaard (subscriber, #15022) [Link] Too much prior art. :) Not that that would stop the USPTO.
Why not patent it? Posted Nov 22, 2005 7:47 UTC (Tue) by evgeny (guest, #774) [Link] Right. Prior art (even over thousands of years) is nothing to USPTO:
Ahh, but coverage is narrow. Posted Nov 22, 2005 18:48 UTC (Tue) by Max.Hyre (subscriber, #1054) [Link] From the patent abstract:The wheel includes [...] spoke portions [...] wherein said spokes extend radially outwardly between the hub and rim [....]Whew! I was scared for a moment there. Sincy my bicyle spokes are roughly tangential to the outer edge of the hub, I'm safe. But I'd better patent that arrangement, before someone comes around looking for money. :-/
Why not make it standard? Posted Nov 21, 2005 20:27 UTC (Mon) by smitty_one_each (subscriber, #28989) [Link] >Maybe RMS should patent his invention?
RMS is a modern paladin. While I don't always agree with the gentleman, he is among the few I could name whose integrity is more or less beyond price.
Why not make it standard? Posted Nov 23, 2005 11:48 UTC (Wed) by ekj (subscriber, #1524) [Link] Yes. You can agree or disagree with his views as well as his methods. But you can't seriously doubt one thing: He is a a man of principles.If Richard says something, you bet he'll stand for it. If he said 20 years ago that something is a matter of principle, then you can rest assured that that hasn't changed in the sligthest.
Why not make it standard? Posted Nov 26, 2005 1:25 UTC (Sat) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link] Well, think about why people use RFID. If you had to unsheath it every time you wanted it used, it would defeat the purpose.If we want privacy more than the convenience of RFID scanning, we could just go back to a magnetic stripe ID badge that you swipe or a key that you plug into a socket.
Why not make it standard? Posted Nov 26, 2005 2:24 UTC (Sat) by shane (subscriber, #3335) [Link] This is basically what has been decided regarding using RFID in US passports. Bruce Schneier (of Crypto-gram fame) has written about this extensively (and, IIRC, was on the committee that advised the government about the security of putting RFID in passports).
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