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To: John F Beule who wrote (21041)	10/26/2001 9:39:26 AM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (1) of 60323

The basis for any ID card is to make sure the card matches the person carrying the card, and to make sure that the card contains essential information about the person, coupled with adequate protection for the person's privacy. As the article points out, there have been many attempts to provide some type of smart card. The optical card by Drexler goes back several years. So does the smart card by Schlumberger. The card for the Defense Dept. was featured on a CNBC interview this morning (company symbol ACTI). Of all the existing cards I've seen, none contain the security features designed into SanDisk's SD Memory Card, to prevent unauthorized copying of the information. Also, it does seem that the SanDisk card could end up being the lowest cost and easiest to handle, inasmuch as an ordinary computer sees it as just another disk drive peripheral. If SanDisk is able to succeed in the ID card business, it means much greater stability in demand compared with the present situation, which is subject to consumer whims and the availability of disposable income. If I were SanDisk, I'd make these cards available at cost on a trial basis for the next two years. Art

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