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"Where Should Airport Security Begin?"

2007-12-20 12:28:12 by Editor in Schneier on Security
 
In this essay, Clark Ervin argues that airport security should begin at the front door to the airport: Like many people, I spend a lot of time in airport terminals, and I often think that they must be an awfully
 
Tags: airport, airport security, airport terminals, clark ervin argues, front door, lot, time, essay, people
 
 
 
 
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San Jose Airport Adds Free Wi-Fi

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2008-05-30 21:24:19 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...Airport adds free on top of paid Wi-Fi: The authority decided to put out $90K for equipment and foot a $41K per year bill for service with 15 Mbps backhaul to handle what they believe will be 1,000 daily users. Oddly, T-Mobile and Wayport will also continue to operate for-fee networks that pass along $139K in revenue to the airport. The free...
 
Tags: free, free service, airport, service, daily users, mbps backhaul, silicon valley, for-fee networks, wi-fi
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: NPR on BART-Fi, San Antonio Airport Now Free

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2008-07-07 15:47:16 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...airport offers free Wi-Fi: The airport opted to go free. The airport serves about 8 million passengers per year (2007 statistics
 
Tags: system, san antonio, rapid transit system, san francisco bay, wi-fi rail, wi-fi, adopt on-board service, transit systems worldwide, edition reports
 
 
 
 
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U.K. airport gets iris recognition program

2008-01-23 00:00:00 by HASH0x8afc93c in Network World on Security
 
...airport for airport workers Register for a WAN Acceleration Technology Primer Advertisement This paper explores the differences between commonly used WAN acceleration technologies
 
Tags: airport, iris recognition, wan acceleration technologies, airport workers, paper explores, control access, advertisement, manchester, system
 
 
 
 
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HOV lane inside the Airport for 65,000

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2008-01-18 03:18:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...airports? Scare people? No, allow them to pay a few dollars more to go to the head of the line. The company who is introducing the program to Washington Dulles and Reagan National airports in the Spring, is called "Verified Identity Pass" of New York Travelers who wish to speed their way through the airport experience (and who wouldn't), pay...
 
Tags: airport, minimal yearly fee, yearly fee, reagan national airports, airports, shorter security wait, scare people, shorter security lines, travelers
 
 
 
 
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Hijacker Working at Heathrow Airport

2008-05-19 13:02:35 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
An airplane hijacker -- a real one, someone with actual airplane hijacking experience -- was working at Heathrow Airport Surreal EDITED TO ADD (5/19): Or maybe he wasn't working at the airport itself. Anyone have any more information
 
Tags: airport, heathrow airport, actual airplane, airplane hijacker, information, experience, surreal, real
 
 
 
 
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Fly through airport security with Clear, but you don't have less security?

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2008-06-04 12:26:56 by HASH0x8b3dfdc in StillSecure, After All These Years
...airport security program for registered travelers. Though my home airports of Ft Lauderdale and West Palm Beach don't yet offer Clear access, I fly enough in airports that do like Denver and Regan that I thought for free, what do I have to lose. I filled out the forms on line and last time I was in Regan airport I handed it in along with...
 
Tags: security, security line, airport security program, line, security procedures, background check, check, security obligations, background
 
 
 
 
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Fly through airport security with Clear, but you don't have less security

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2008-06-04 13:26:24 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
...airport security program for registered travelers. Though my home airports of Ft Lauderdale and West Palm Beach don't yet offer Clear access, I fly enough in airports that do like Denver and Regan that I thought for free, what do I have to lose. I filled out the forms on line and last time I was in Regan airport I handed it in along with...
 
Tags: security, security line, airport security program, line, security procedures, background check, check, security obligations, background
 
 
 
 
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Airport Security Study

2007-12-27 06:28:31 by Editor in Schneier on Security
 
Surprising nobody, a new study concludes that airport security isn't helping: A team at the Harvard School of Public Health could not find any studies showing whether the time-consuming process of X-raying carry-on luggage prevents hijackings or attacks. They also
 
Tags: airport security, public health, harvard school, study concludes, attacks, studies, team, process
 
 
 
 
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Problems With The Airport's Computer Security

2008-02-18 23:40:05 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
Apparently, even the security consultants are strip searching 95 year-old women at the airport to avoid terrorist attacks