Today’s worst idea: authenticate what you wear

Problem: People lie when asked, “what are you wearing?”

Solution: Smart clothing with cryptographically secure signing.

OK, a joke about wearing bikinis came up on a mailing list. This may be the worst idea I’ve ever published. It may be so bad that it goes into your head instead of mine.

Great for that visualization when you query and find that ‘trusted investement advisor’ is really wearing kid’s size 8. Or for when you wonder if this person is at least the same size as that girl you met at the party last night. Or truth in dating. Or, er, for gratituious overuse of technology. It is fairly trivial in the technical details.

Now, version two would have stress guages on the waist and bust line to meaure the tightness of the clothing….