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Defense Department 'eDNA' Plan Withdrawn
An anonymous reader points out this report on News.com from Declan McCullagh of a far-reaching plan (now withdrawn) to curtail much online privacy through the use of biometric markers, excerpting "The idea involved creating secure areas of the Internet that could be accessed only if a user had such a marker, called eDNA, according to a report in Friday's New York Times." Perhaps they'll withdraw the plan to track everything you buy next. Update: 11/24 17:38 GMT by T : Here is the original New York Times report from John Markoff.
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Alright, i am going to tell a joke, it is pretty funny, but WAY off topic......
Q. What's the difference between a preist and Acne?
A. Acne waits till your 13 before it comes all over your face!!!
HAHAHAHAHA!, heard this from my ladie, thought you guys would like it.
e-wha!? DNA stands for "DeoxyriboNucleic Acid" Last time I checked, computers don't have these, and they never will. Also, if this so-called "eDNA" is supposed to be analogous to the real thing, I can't see how as DNA isn't used for anything remotely close to what they are suggesting as eDNA. It's just more buzzword BS. :(
I apologize for this off-topic posting which was submitted earlier to the Slashdot editors, but which was rejected yesterday, due to what I can only assume is slavish adherence by the /. editors to the same politically correct guidelines that are crippling public debate in every corner of the major news media. Now it appears as if the weblogs are headed down the same ruinous route.
I believe that this story is very much in line with the usual Slashdot fare, except that this story deals with hi-tech being used in a politically incorrect fashion.
I also believe that a public debate on the issues and actions discussed in this article is vital to the health of this country and indeed this very weblog, and so therefore I am posting this article here.
If you are an American citizen, of whatever race, who is concerned with the future of America--and with the future of Slashdot--then I ask you to MOD UP THIS POST so that others are more likely to read it.
Thank you.
This Wired News story tells the story of the hi-tech being used by a group of tech-savvy ranchers in Arizona is using military technology to monitor and apprehend illegal immigrants crossing the border from Mexico into the United States.
Members of the group have spiked their land with thousands of motion sensors. They also use infrared tracking devices, global positioning systems, night vision goggles, radar and other gear to survey movement near the border.
Go to the Wired News story for more...