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Primer: The next act for security theater

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Biohackers chase Johnny Mnemonic with ‘Pegleg’ implanted hard drive

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Lepht then drove to LAX and flew back to her home in Birmingham, England, via Heathrow Airport. He argues that somebody could pay a Pegleg carrier to courier an encrypted file to a recipient who has the encryption key. TEHACHAPI, Calif.—In According to Laufer, Lepht’s implant did not set off metal detectors in either airport.