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Friday Squid Blogging: Plastinated Squid

2008-03-28 16:29:19 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...feet) deep-sea beast donated by New Zealand and named in honour of a creature featuring in Maori legend Plastination entails replacing the animal's water, fat and other liquids with a polymer that hardens It means the specimen can be appreciated in three dimensions in a dry, solid state, rather than in a jar filled with formalin or alcohol,...
 
Tags: squid, architeuthis sanctipauli lost, architeuthis, giant squid, 25-feet, feet, deep-sea beast, paris museum, metres
 
 
 
 
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The Ineffectiveness of Security Cameras

2008-04-07 13:33:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...feet of the camera locations between Jan. 1, 2005, and Jan. 28, 2008 These were the total number of crimes for which police had reports -- regardless of whether the crimes were caught on video. The idea was to look at whether criminals stopped committing crimes at those locations because they knew cameras were there Using a complicated...
 
Tags: cameras, crime, average daily crime, security, crimes, feet, motor vehicle theft, forcible sex offenses, positive deterrent effect
 
 
 
 
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Leading Travel Writer Reams Out In-Flight Internet

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2008-08-19 09:34:03 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...feet is far more difficult than, say, cellular handoffs in a moving car at 100 feet above sea level. My suspicion is that tuning the service to be entirely reliable at launch is what's taking so long Brancatelli blames the high price of Connexion on its failure, but I don't think the $27 fee for long-haul flights deterred users. Lufthansa,...
 
Tags: service, seamless service, spotty service, connexion service, connexion, airline incentives, airline, in-flight internet, ground
 
 
 
 
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OpenCourseWare: Get Smart for Complex Event Processing!

2007-12-30 06:22:05 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...feet up, relax and click on over to theDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) and enjoy their courses, freely available to anyone, anywhere MITs OCW program freely shares theirlecture notes, exams, and other resources from more than 1800 courses spanning MITs entire curriculum, including many...
 
Tags: complex event, event, courses, theory, ocw, mits entire curriculum, ocw lectures, complexity theory, java skills
 
 
 
 
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J.C. Penney customers affected by lost GE Money backup tape

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2008-01-18 10:24:59 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...feet. If the information on the tape is not encrypted, accessing it is a trivial task the company regretted losing the tape, "but because of the volume of information we handle and the fact people are involved, we have occasionally made mistakes Evan] Mr. O'Neill makes a valid point. Iron Mountain handles millions of tapes. According to...
 
Tags: penney, penney customers, tape, backup tape, money, sensitive personal information, personal information, penney card immediately, information security practices
 
 
 
 
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Cameras in the New York City Subways

2008-01-25 13:41:52 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...feet high, and there are columns every few yards. Which makes it very hard to get a good look at the passengers
 
Tags: york, york city, million, electronic security program, subway surveillance program, modern security network, stations, next-generation surveillance network, subway stations
 
 
 
 
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Wireless holes - protecting retailers from themselves

2008-01-16 15:57:00 by Manu Namboodiri in Data Protection, Management and Leakage
 
...feet to the fire for smaller retailers! Now, I agree that some technology solutions can be expensive - but surely, using inbuilt protection all wireless products come with can't be that hard
 
Tags: retailers, wlan traffic, collect mac addresses, traffic, inbuilt protection, tjx scenario, apparently, data, wireless infrastructure
 
 
 
 
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Lost laptop = Lost data!

2007-08-18 08:28:15 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...feet or against your leg (so you're always aware it's there 7 Buy a laptop security device. If you need to leave your laptop in a room or at your desk, use a laptop security cable to securely attach it to a heavy chair, table, or desk. The cable makes it more difficult for someone to take your laptop. There are also programs that will...
 
Tags: data, lost data, lost, lost laptop, laptop, laptop data aware, lost brand, aware, laptop security device
 
 
 
 
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Snoop Dogg's out-of-shape bodyguard

2008-03-17 03:50:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...feet As I told the radio show, he was not the type of individual who would be hired by Sexton Executive Security, at least not in his current unhealthy state. How can one be expected to protect a client if they are in such poor health? having a big overweight guy like that for protection is all for show Thankfully, most clients these days...
 
Tags: snoop dogg, wjfk radio week, radio, bodyguard, personal protection specialists, protection, week, sexton executive security, unfit
 
 
 
 
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Camera that Sees Under Clothes

2008-03-17 06:30:08 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...feet away and is effective even when people are moving. It does not reveal physical body details and the screening is harmless, the company says If this is real, it seems much less invasive than backscatter X ray
 
Tags: camera, british company, company, t5000 camera, natural electromagnetic rays, detect weapons, detect, objects, clothes