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From: tfl@security.UUCP (Tom Litant)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: re: WARGAMES
Message-ID: <356@security.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 30-Jun-83 17:18:26 EDT
Article-I.D.: security.356
Posted: Thu Jun 30 17:18:26 1983
Date-Received: Thu, 30-Jun-83 21:02:41 EDT
Organization: MITRE Corp., Bedford MA
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vis a vis Lauren and complaints concerning accuracy.....
Years ago I took some unexpended free time and became a bonded locksmith.
Over the years I have retained my status as a bonded locksmith.  However,
whenever I see realistic penetrations of physical security (realistic use of
picks, thermal lances, doorframe spreaders, etc.) in the movies and on tv, it
sends shivers up my spine.  Realism, especially in the case of areas that
involve illegal/immoral/terribly tempting activities, should be modulated by a
well-tempered social conscience.  How many juvenials, bent on destruction, do
you want to instruct on how to construct phosgene nerve gas (very very
easy!!)?  How many do you want to instruct in the procedure of turning a
semi-auto AR-16 into a fully automatic rifle (also very easy)?  Tell the truth
now, if there is a way to penetrate NORAD security, how many people do you
want to inform of this fact?  You may well respond that anyone who wants this
information badly enough can get it anywhere.  That is certainly true, but why
even tempt people with the knowledge that such a thing is even possible?



			signed,

			A plea for social responsibility