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Fri 08 Aug 2008A secret solution to a secret problem
WIRED:DAN KAMINSKY is not, by nature, a person who shirks publicity. A gregarious, cherubic and sometimes hilarious young computer expert, he's often to be found talking loudly in the corner of bars at security analyst gatherings, surrounded by fans eager to buy him the next drink - and hear his next story.
Kaminsky has plenty of stories, because he is paid to think them up. His job is almost like that of a science fiction writer: he takes existing internet technologies and tries to imagine how they might be warped and misused in the wrong hands.
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