CIA's View of the Future
The CIA has publisheds a new report that attempts to identify emerging global issues that may require action by U.S. policy makers. It’s worth noting that there are many references to “privacy.”
View Article"Inch of Snow" Paralyzes Air Marshals
From the Washington Times: Hundreds of federal air marshals were grounded and unable to access critical information to pinpoint potential terrorist activity for eight hours on the eve of President...
View ArticleFBI Retires Carnivore
According to SecurityFocus: FBI surveillance experts have put their once-controversial Carnivore Internet surveillance tool out to pasture, preferring instead to use commercial products to eavesdrop on...
View ArticleTelephone Monitoring While on Hold
When we telephone a customer support line, we all hear the recording saying that the call may be monitored. What we don’t realize is that we may be monitored even when we’re on hold. Monitoring is...
View ArticleAirplane Defense Security Trade-Off
It’s nice to see the government actually making security trade-offs. From the Associated Press: Outfitting every U.S. commercial passenger plane with anti-missile systems would be a costly and...
View ArticleRFID as Automobile DNA
This company is proposing using RFID chips as “DNA” identifiers for cars; the chips would be left behind in hit-and-run accidents.
View ArticlePS2 Cheat Codes Hacked
From Adam Fields weblog: Some guy tore apart his PS2 controller, connected it to the parallel port on his computer, and wrote a script to press a large number of button combinations. He used it to...
View ArticleIraqi Election Security
This is so ridiculous I have trouble believing it’s true: Election security chiefs in Iraq will set up decoy polling centres in an attempt to outwit insurgents who have vowed to target voters with...
View ArticleTSA's Secure Flight
As I wrote previously, I am participating in a working group to study the security and privacy of Secure Flight, the U.S. government’s program to match airline passengers with a terrorist watch list....
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