You’ve heard the promise of nanotechnology: Soon tiny machines will repair organs, fight disease, swarm into enemy facilities to disable electronic devices, or even build self-replicating machines on Mars to prepare the way for colonists. Why, it’ll be possible to build a violin two molecules long, which can be used to play a sad song for stories like one recently posted on CNN.com about how the IRS is too broke to do its job.
We’re not talking about the job of sitting back with fingers laced over the stomach, snoring gently, while automatic deposits flow into the accounts. No, it’s the job of keeping hackers out of their systems. Interlopers got over 100,000 Americans’ tax files last month, and IRS defenders say it’s because they’re too broke to afford a front-door lock.
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