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Bruce Schneier: 'How to Fight'
by Elonka at 12:33 am EDT, Jul 25, 2003

] I landed in Los Angeles at 11:30 PM, and it took me
] another hour to get to my hotel. The city was booked, and
] I was lucky to get a reservation where I did. When I
] checked in, the clerk insisted on making a photocopy of
] my driver's license. I tried fighting, but it was no use.
] I needed the hotel room. There was nowhere else I could
] go. The night clerk didn't really care if he rented the
] room to me or not. He had rules to follow, and he was
] going to follow them.

] The only way to change security is to step outside the system
] and negotiate with the people in charge. It's only outside the
] system that each of us has power: sometimes as an asset owner,
] but more often as another player. And it is outside the system
] that we will do our best negotiating.

Excellent essay by Schneier in this month's "Crypto-Gram" newsletter, about how to fight the system.

RE: Bruce Schneier: 'How to Fight'
by Laughing Boy at 4:05 am EDT, Jul 26, 2003

Elonka wrote:
] ] I landed in Los Angeles at 11:30 PM, and it took me
] ] another hour to get to my hotel. The city was booked, and
] ] I was lucky to get a reservation where I did. When I
] ] checked in, the clerk insisted on making a photocopy of
] ] my driver's license. I tried fighting, but it was no use.
] ] I needed the hotel room. There was nowhere else I could
] ] go. The night clerk didn't really care if he rented the
] ] room to me or not. He had rules to follow, and he was
] ] going to follow them.
]
] ] The only way to change security is to step outside the
] system
] ] and negotiate with the people in charge.

Or the other way is to say "fuck the system" and use a fake ID for such insurgencies! ;)

Seriously... if he had to photocopy your ID, what is their policy for disposing of the photo copy after you have checked out?? That would mondo-suck if a dumpster diver was able to harvest enough info out of the hotel trash to commit identity theft.

Laughing Boy

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