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27 Aug 2007, 2:20 pm
Via Bruce Schneier, this crazy new items: Two people who sprinkled flour in a parking lot to mark a trail for their offbeat running club inadvertently caused a bioterrorism scare and now face a felony charge. [read post]
3 Aug 2007, 4:53 am
After the Texas Department of Public Safety spent millions revamping its drivers license database to be able to use facial recognition technology, and the Legislature removed all restrictions for police use of the data, via Bruce Schneier we now discover the technology works quite poorly. [read post]
2 Aug 2007, 10:54 am
Airport security teams trained to look for subtle facial clues have led to the arrests of more than 150 people, according to the latest installment of security guru Bruce Schneier's long interview with Transportation Security Administration head Kip Hawley. [read post]
1 Aug 2007, 10:07 pm
POSNER, NOT A SUICIDE PACT: THE CONSTITUTION IN A TIME OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY (2006) -- I don't agree with most of Posner's arguments (see here for my book review), but the book is a quick and interesting read BRUCE SCHNEIER, BEYOND FEAR: THINKING SENSIBLY ABOUT SECURITY IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD (2006) -- a wise and insightful examination of security and privacy issues regarding terrorism ANDREW E. [read post]
31 Jul 2007, 11:49 am
TSA chief Kip Hawley, who's making a name for himself in the blogosphere this week for his long interview with security guru and Wired News columnist Bruce Schneier, is also scheduled to testify Tuesday in front of the House Homeland Security's Transportation subcommittee. [read post]
29 Jul 2007, 9:14 am
Bruce Schneier is widely considered one of America's premier security experts, and I've learned nearly as much from his blog as I have from reading two of his books (Beyond Fear is the one you want to try first, if you're looking to dabble). [read post]
12 Jul 2007, 11:41 am
Is someone over at the TSA reading Bruce Schneier's blog? [read post]
18 May 2007, 12:47 am
As I wrote previously:Computer security experts like Bruce Schneier preach incessantly that "open source" approaches - or making public security problems instead of concealing them - over time enhance security. [read post]
25 Apr 2007, 3:11 pm
Culture of Fear: Poetry Professor Becomes Terror Suspect via Bruce Schneier. [read post]
23 Apr 2007, 7:11 pm
SIRIUS INTERVIEWS BRUCE SCHNEIER ON SECURITY: I think we should ratchet passenger screening down to pre-9/11 levels. [read post]
20 Apr 2007, 6:10 pm
Bruce Schneier writes: This is a fantastic story of a major prank pulled off at the Super Bowl this year. [read post]
15 Apr 2007, 11:37 am
This idea was proposed after 9/11 in Texas and rejected for very good reasons: Emergency plans benefit from public vetting and input, and those created in secret tend to ignore problems that would surface if exposed to the light of day before a catastrophic event.Computer security experts like Bruce Schneier preach incessantly that "open source" approaches - or making public security problems instead of concealing them - over time enhance security. [read post]
12 Apr 2007, 11:23 pm
They are:A signed copy of Lawrence Lessig's Code 2.0 goes to Kimberley GahramtA signed copy of Bruce Schneier's Beyond Fear goes to Karen MoldenA signed copy of the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property goes to Grant SlaterNeil Gaiman's signed keyboard goes to Ben Goldacre£90 of O'Reilly vouchers goes to Laurie Rich£60 of O'Reilly vouchers goes to Zach RobinsonThe 12 CD Beatpick compilation goes to Lawrence LessigAnd the chance to be written… [read post]
10 Apr 2007, 12:02 am
That's the question faced this morning by the Texas House Higher Ed Committee as it considers HB 1367, and I'm a tad disappointed to see that it's actually House Corrections Chairman Jerry Madden carrying the bill - I say disappointed because I think Madden's generally doing a good job as Corrections chair and is generally more sensitive to re-entry issues than this bill would indicate.Rather than run through the problems with this legislation myself, here's some information… [read post]
6 Apr 2007, 2:25 pm
I know Bruce Schneier, but this Bruce Schneier Facts website is full of amazing facts about him that I never even suspected. [read post]
5 Apr 2007, 1:26 pm
Also on Wired today, Bruce Schneier's thesis on why vigilantism is a poor response to cyberattack. [read post]
4 Apr 2007, 7:35 am
What's in display is an astounding range of geeky goodies, including the chance to be written into Cory Doctorow's next novel, a keyboard signed by the one and only geek god Neil Gaiman, a signed-copy of the Gowers Review for the law geeks, signed copies of Lawrence Lessig's Code v2 and Bruce Schneier's Beyond Fear, and other nice goodies.I've bought four raffle tickets already because all prizes are tremendously appealing to me, but I'm particularly… [read post]
31 Mar 2007, 10:58 pm
Paging Bruce Schneier. [read post]
16 Mar 2007, 4:10 am
It would just waste my time, their time, and if they actually followed up on the leads, hassle three innocent motorists more than a thousand miles away from the scene of the crime.This is one of those tactics that Bruce Schneier calls "security theater" - it makes everybody feel like the authorities are doing something, but it's perhaps the most ineffective approach they could take. [read post]
9 Mar 2007, 2:45 pm
Full story.Via Bruce Schneier via Boing Boing. [read post]
