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Me on Airport Security Profiling
From Schneier on Security

Me on Airport Security Profiling

Yesterday I participated in a "Room for Debate" discussion on airport security profiling. Nothing I haven't said before.

Matt Blaze on the New "Unpredictable" TSA Screening Measures
From Schneier on Security

Matt Blaze on the New "Unpredictable" TSA Screening Measures

Interesting: "Unpredictable" security as applied to air passenger screening means that sometimes (perhaps most of the time), certain checks that might detect terrorist...

Adopting the Israeli Airport Security Model
From Schneier on Security

Adopting the Israeli Airport Security Model

I've been reading a lot recently -- like this one on the Israeli airport security model, and how we should adopt more of the Israeli security model here in theThis...

Vatican Admits Perfect Security is Both Impossible and Undesirable
From Schneier on Security

Vatican Admits Perfect Security is Both Impossible and Undesirable

This is refreshing: Father Lombardi said it was not realistic to think the Vatican could ensure 100% security for the Pope and that security guards appeared to...

Christmas Bomber: Where Airport Security Worked
From Schneier on Security

Christmas Bomber: Where Airport Security Worked

With all the talk about the failure of airport security to detect the PETN that the Christmas bomber sewed into his underwear -- and to think I've been using the...

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Ski Mask
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Ski Mask

You probably can't walk into a bank wearing this.

Quantum Cryptography Cracked
From Schneier on Security

Quantum Cryptography Cracked

Impressive: This presentation will show the first experimental implementation of an eavesdropper for quantum cryptosystem. Although quantum cryptography has been...

Me and the Christmas Underwear Bomber
From Schneier on Security

Me and the Christmas Underwear Bomber

I spent a lot of yesterday giving press interviews. Nothing I haven

Change Blindness
From Schneier on Security

Change Blindness

Interesting video demonstrating change blindness: the human brain's tendency to ignore major visual changes. The implications for security are pretty serious. ...

"The Behavioral Economics of Personal Information"
From Schneier on Security

"The Behavioral Economics of Personal Information"

Good survey article by Alessandro Acquisti in IEEE Computer.

Separating Explosives from the Detonator
From Schneier on Security

Separating Explosives from the Detonator

Chechen terrorists did it in 2004. I said this in an interview with then TSA head Kip Hawley in 2007: I don't want to even think about how much C4 I can strap...

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Creche
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Creche

Happy Squidmas, everybody.

Friday Squid Blogging: Madonna and Squid
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Madonna and Squid

A painting.

Intercepting Predator Video
From Schneier on Security

Intercepting Predator Video

Sometimes mediocre encryption is better than strong encryption, and sometimes no encryption is better still. The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Iraqi...

Plant Security Countermeasures
From Schneier on Security

Plant Security Countermeasures

The essay is about veganism and plant eating, but I found the descriptions of plant security countermeasures interesting: Plants can

Luggage Locator
From Schneier on Security

Luggage Locator

Wow, is this a bad idea: The Luggage Locator is an innovative product that travellers or anyone can use to locate items. It has been specifically engineered to...

Howard Schmidt to be Named U.S. Cybersecurity Czar
From Schneier on Security

Howard Schmidt to be Named U.S. Cybersecurity Czar

I head this rumor two days ago, and The New York Times is reporting today. Reporters are calling me for reactions and opinions, but I just don't know. Schmidt...

Santa's Naughty
From Schneier on Security

Santa's Naughty

This is very serious.

Defeating Microsoft BitLocker
From Schneier on Security

Defeating Microsoft BitLocker

Defeating BitLocker, even with a TPM. Related.

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Mosaic
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Mosaic

Neat.
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