Ä [28] Survnet: AEN_NEWS (9:2500/0) ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ AEN_NEWS Ä Msg : 54 of 104 From : Glenda Stocks 114:1/0 Mon 03 Jan 94 13:15 To : all Subj : New Technologies (Originally "New BBS...") ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ * Originally by UUCP, 1:2613/333@fidonet * Originally to Glenda Stocks, 1:330/201 * Originally dated 2 Jan 1994, 14:57 From: ur-valhalla!oldcolo.com!pendraco (Anthony L. Cook) >From Pendraco Sun, 2 Jan 94 14:40:27 MST remote from Pendracon Received: by Pendracon.is.not.YET.registered (V1.13/Amiga) id AA03236; Sun, 2 Jan 94 14:40:27 MST Date: Sun, 2 Jan 94 14:40:27 MST Message-Id: <9401022140.AA03236@Pendracon.is.not.YET.registered> In-Reply-To: <9312271633.AA18839@terrapin.lehman.com> X-Mailer: //\\miga Electronic Mail (AmiElm 1.13) From: Pendraco@Pendracon.is.not.YET.registered (Vee Schade) To: jackvg@lehman.com Subject: New Technologies (Originally "New BBS...) Hi Jack (Jack Van Geldern), on Dec 27 you wrote: >> I like the idea of a parallel to Internet because I think the NWO >> won't like things like ACT reaching too many people. Is there >> any new technology in the near future which we could use to do >> this? Is packet radio going to be speeded up? I dunno jack... packet radio is not such a good idea. I used to work on communications interception equipment (TR-1 aircraft), and I know its a hellava lot easier to snoop in on a radio transmission (encoded or otherwise) than it is to set up a line tap (as if that's not easy enough!). Packet Radio/Modem technology sounds great for the increased bandwidth and such, but we need to be exceedingly careful when examining "new" technologies these days. Call me paranoid, but Packet Radio didn't start getting a lot of "popular coverage" until Digital Telephony was shot down. With the increasing spread of fiber optic cable, PR *could* be another BigBro technological "innovation." Fiber optic is exceedingly difficult to breach (tap)... why do you think the FBI proposed Digital Telephony anyway? If/when packet radio does become widespread PGP use "will be" increasingly more important... start collecting your keys. Let's start with an "offbeat" examination of Gore's Information Superhighway. The bandwidth required for the level of "interactivity" the IS is supposed to support cannot be handled with the telenet (internet). Even ISDN is not wide enough. That's why 'cable' is the selected medium. Lets list the reasons IS would be carried by cable: o telenet (copper/fiber) bandwidth not large enough to handle it o coaxle bandwidth more than large enough o 90% of all American homes already have cable-ready feeds (a recent estimate, source unknown) o Cable service providers already dumping big money into the proposal The above are commonly (IOW: "publicly") known and accepted data. The following are my own speculations: o despite the promulgation of cable-ready receivers - TV sets, montors, VCRs, etc -, a "special" descrambler-style interface box will be required to receive and interact with the IS signal o "interactivity" means "bi-directional signal"; do not think the control panel or remote is the only signal that can be carried back o a new era for Orwellian Big Brother I can see a whole gamut of "protective" sensors being installed in these IS boxes. At first there will probably be an interactive smoke/fire detector. Imagine the convenience and "security" of knowing that if your home catches on fire, the fire department will know and be on its way before you pick up the phone to call them. Or how about an interactive burglar alarm - straight back to the local police sponsored monitoring station. Such things would probably be introduced first to allay suspicions... and get us used to Big Brother "watching over us" in our own homes. So what comes next? Microphones to monitor our converstations? Infrared and sonic motion detectors to monitor our activities -- see Steve Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar INK, Issue #26, April/May 1992 for a look at an automated programmable home control system using beeper sized *infrared ID "badges"*, what he terms the "Infrared People Tracker." Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting that Steve is in league with Big Brother, just that the technology DOES exist and is *extremely easy to implement*. Amusingly enough, the article's caption reads: "Images if Big Brother accompany the idea of your house *following your every move*. . . ." Maybe even miniturized cameras to DIRECTLY look in on us? With the increasing miniturization of electronic circuitry -- "there is currently no forseeable end to Moore's law(!)," Compute!, October 1992 -- there would be virtually no limit to the amount of "practical" monitoring devices that could be added to "the box." Of course, any electronics "hacker" (like Steve :) would be able to open one of these babies up and take a peek at what's inside. Such activity, however, is likely to bring siff FCC "fines." And as soon as the controlled media finishes with the story, "noone" will care what some rogue hacker claims he discovered anyway... "He deserved what he got!" I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens... won't we? --- |=====================================================================| | \\ * // ____ | "I don't practise, I do this for real!" - Schiff | | \\V// \__ | | | \//EE __/[HADE | Anti-conspiracy, TechnoAnarchy, Constitution, | | ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ | MONDO Consciousness, Fringe Science, Annunaki, | | ---ooooOoooo--- | PlanetX: Pendracon Int'l - pendraco@oldcolo.com | | `--------------------------------------------------| | >> The NET be but the schadow of Thought, and Vee is but a schade | | >> therein. -- Milton (para) | |=====================================================================| --- GEcho 1.01+ # Origin: FREQ SEARCHNT.ZIP 508-586-6977 SearchNet HQ- (114:1/0) * Origin: FidoNet --> SearchNet EchoGate! (1:330/201.0)