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The Problems with Unscientific Security

Nov 5, 2009
From the Open Access Journal of Forensic Psychology, by a whole list of authors: "A Call for Evidence-Based Security Tools": Abstract: Since the 2001 attacks on the twin towers, policies on security have changed drastically, bringing about an...

Fear and Overreaction

Nov 4, 2009
It's hard work being prey. Watch the birds at a feeder. They're constantly on alert, and will fly away from food -- from easy nutrition -- at the slightest movement or sound. Given that I've never, ever seen a bird plucked from a feeder by a predator,...

Zero-Tolerance Policies

Nov 3, 2009
Recent stories have documented the ridiculous effects of zero-tolerance weapons policies in a Delaware school district: a first-grader expelled for taking a camping utensil to school, a 13-year-old expelled after another student dropped a pocketknife...

Detecting Terrorists by Smelling Fear

Nov 3, 2009
Really: The technology relies on recognising a pheromone - or scent signal - produced in sweat when a person is scared. Researchers hope the ''fear detector'' will make it possible to identify individuals at check points who are up to no...

The FBI and Wiretaps

Nov 2, 2009
To aid their Wall Street investigations, the FBI used DCSNet, their massive surveillance system. Prosecutors are using the FBI's massive surveillance system, DCSNet, which stands for Digital Collection System Network. According to Wired magazine,...


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  A must read, not just for people interested in security issues, but for people who don't think they'd have any interest in security issues. Bruce Schneier offers a sharp, reasonable perspective on security practices that work, and many that don't.
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