Re: Government official suggests giving everyone in the UK a free iPod

On 13/1/06 6:08, in article 130120061808199898%nospam@xxxxxxxxx, "Elliott
Roper" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In article <0001HW.BFED9874000B1787F0488550@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ian
> Robinson <junk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:18:51 +0000, Bruce Horrocks wrote
>> (in article <FnGcd8F7D+xDFw8h@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):
>>
>>> Summary: it would be cheaper to everyone an iPod with a digital
>>> certificate rather than issue id cards.
>>
>> I can hear the screams of protest from other manufacturers already.
>
> Like the same screams when the gummint signed up for £900,000,000 worth
> of Windows OS for the NHS?

But that was instead of paying even more to MS for the privilege (it says
here) of running Windows.

> He did go o to say that a mobile phone would do as well. Indeed with
> built-in Bluetooth, secure certificates and a hashed PIN, a mobile

I doubt many PKIs have been scaled to 50 million users before.

Cheers,

Chris

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