Digital time stamping e.g. the algorithm used by Surety, inc., guarantees a digital document isn't changed from the original time of registry without touching one pristine pixel of the original image. I think this thing is better for steganography than for demonstrating authenticity.
This stuff has been around forever. The first laser weapons were powered by the hydrogen- fluorine reaction and were tested by the Army in the 60s. You could melt through tank armor so long as a) you could keep the beam up for long enough, and b) no one sneezed and caused your fluorine tanks to explode. Presumably the technology has improved but is still inferior to good old guided missiles; high powered lasers have serious problems in an atmosphere due to plasma tube effects as well as simple attenuation due to dust and smoke.
As for electromagnetics, they too have been around for a long time. Anyone with a maser can mess up a lot of electronics, and the police have been trialing anti-vehicle weapons for several years at least. If you take apart a high-power microwave oven (and survive the experience; be careful out there boys and girls) you would probably wind up with a pretty decent anti-electronics device.
The transcript gives the impression that these weapons are innovative and grounds for immediate alarm when in fact they have been used and understood for many years.
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Digital time stamping e.g. the algorithm used by Surety, inc., guarantees a digital document isn't changed from the original time of registry without touching one pristine pixel of the original image. I think this thing is better for steganography than for demonstrating authenticity.
Just be sure to check out the old Bellcore (now Telcordia) patents on S-Key to make sure your idea doesn't conflict.
This stuff has been around forever. The first
laser weapons were powered by the hydrogen-
fluorine reaction and were tested by the Army
in the 60s. You could melt through tank armor so
long as a) you could keep the beam up for long
enough, and b) no one sneezed and caused your
fluorine tanks to explode. Presumably the
technology has improved but is still inferior
to good old guided missiles; high powered
lasers have serious problems in an atmosphere
due to plasma tube effects as well as simple
attenuation due to dust and smoke.
As for electromagnetics, they too have been
around for a long time. Anyone with a maser
can mess up a lot of electronics, and the
police have been trialing anti-vehicle
weapons for several years at least. If
you take apart a high-power microwave
oven (and survive the experience; be careful
out there boys and girls) you would
probably wind up with a pretty decent
anti-electronics device.
The transcript gives the impression that
these weapons are innovative and grounds
for immediate alarm when in fact they have
been used and understood for many years.