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London's Cameras Don't Reduce Crime

2008-05-07 06:53:36 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...London were solved using CCTV images, despite the fact that Britain has more security cameras than any other country in Europe Use of CCTV images for court evidence has so far been very poor, according to Detective Chief Inspector Mick Neville, the officer in charge of the Metropolitan police unit. "CCTV was originally seen as a preventative...
 
Tags: cctv, cctv cameras, cameras, cctv images, police, metropolitan police unit, images, senior police officer, officer
 
 
 
 
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London Marathon

2008-04-13 14:02:25 by mcurphey in Mark Curphey - SecurityBuddha.com
 
Today was the London Marathon. As always some inspiring stories like Blind Daves 7 Marathons in 7 Continents in 7 Days. Yes thats not a typo. One of the funniest stories I heard about this years marathon was the advice given to the Maasai tribe from Tanzania running to raise money for their village. These guys
 
Tags: marathon, london marathon, raise money, blind daves, stories, maasai tribe, days, continents, typo
 
 
 
 
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Hackers Crack London Tube's Ticketing System

2008-06-25 21:51:51 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
Dutch security researchers rode the London Underground free for a day after easily using an ordinary laptop to clone the "smartcards" commuters use to pay fares, a hack that highlights a serious security flaw because similar cards provide access to thousands of government offices, hospitals and schools
 
Tags: london underground free, dutch security researchers, security flaw, government offices, ordinary laptop, fares, thousands, easily, highlights
 
 
 
 
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Transport For London System Failure Disabled Electronic Oyster Cards For Thousands Of Travelers

2008-07-14 17:11:49 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Thousands of people using Londons public transport network may find their electronic Oyster card no longer works after a fault hit the system. The system was inoperable for at least five hours on Saturday. Some cards used during that time have since stopped working or incurred a fine. London commuters are suffered more problems than
 
Tags: system, electronic oyster card, fault hit, thousands, london commuters, cards, hours, time, inoperable
 
 
 
 
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Spying on the terrorists

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2008-01-20 22:37:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...London and the much talked about "Ring of Steel". However, all of those surveillance cameras did nothing to prevent the London bombings, when young men were able to transport bombs in their back packs. He said that there are so many video cameras placed throughout the British capital that an average person walking around London is...
 
Tags: mike german, german, cameras, surveillance cameras, aryan nation, terrorists, london, london bombings, terrorist
 
 
 
 
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Security Through Obscurity

2008-06-18 13:13:26 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...London to guard it on its journey. News leaked that a certain steamer was carrying it, and the presence of the detectives confirmed this. But the diamond on that steamer was a fake. Only a few people knew of the real plan; they packed the Cullinan in a small box, stuck a three-shilling stamp on it, and sent it to England anonymously by...
 
Tags: security, diamond, cullinan diamond, complex security system, uncut diamond, move, ordinary office move, cullinan, huge security
 
 
 
 
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Mission Statement for Federation

2008-06-26 10:35:35 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
 
...London. When I go to London, I go with empty suitcases. I don't plan to stay, but I am better news for the London economy than a lot of the people who live there They should know all that that before I get off the plane. My arrival is excellent news for Britain, so I should be treated that way. If this is a new kind of war, I don't want to...
 
Tags: people, clever people brain-, kindly people, platinum visa card, london, mission statement, london economy, card, true global society
 
 
 
 
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Wealthy investor information falls out of DHL van

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2008-01-14 12:04:35 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...London Evening Standard news story The Register Story Report Credit The London Evening Standard Response From the online sources cited above Banking details for 200 wealthy people have been found near a motorway sliproad - after apparently falling unnoticed out of a courier's van Evan] Wealthy people don't like to lose money Among the...
 
Tags: dhl van, dhl, dhl courier, van, dhl drivers, dhl courier van, secure, secure storage facility, prudential plc
 
 
 
 
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Mobile Post: London Calling, London Calling

2008-04-08 15:23:09 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
How much can people stand the person talking next to them on a plane? The real question about calling in-flight is whether folks in a packed sardine can over Europe will accept multi-lingual, multi-hour chats. Not the technical or price issues at all. That and more in this audio mobile post
 
Tags: audio mobile post, price issues, real question, accept multi-lingual, people stand, multi-hour chats, plane, sardine, in-flight
 
 
 
 
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Hacking Mifare Transport Cards

2008-08-07 06:07:02 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
London's Oyster card has been cracked , and the final details will become public in October. NXP Semiconductors, the Philips spin-off that makes the system, lost a court battle to prevent the researchers from publishing. People might be able to use this information to ride for free, but the sky won't be falling. And the publication of this...
 
Tags: mifare, design, design secrecy, mifare classic chip, secrecy, security, secrecy supports security, security properly, chip