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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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Malware Spam With Infected Attachment Spreaded With Fake News About Nuclear Power Plant Explosion Near London

2008-09-11 20:24:04 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
SophosLabs has intercepted a widespread malicious spam campaign that claims there was a powerful explosion at a nuclear power station outside London two days ago. According to the email, the government have stopped the media reporting about the incident and prevented anyone affected by it contacting the outside world. Email attachment (called...
 
Tags: email, email attachment, nuclear power station, days ago, powerful explosion, london, government, victims, incident
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: London Calling, Again; T-Mobile Offers Android Phone; Iraq Base-Fi

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2008-09-23 11:52:39 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
London mayor proposes Wi-Fi city, no fees: No details, naturally, just an optimistic statement. Boris, can I introduce you to Gavin First Android phone revealed by T-Mobile, Google: The first smartphone based on the Google-sponsored, Open Handset Alliance-backed Android platform was announced by T-Mobile today. The G1 will cost $180 in the U.S.,...
 
Tags: base, android phone, phone, joint base balad, wi-fi, t-mobile, wi-fi network, network, monthly american fee
 
 
 
 
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The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same

2008-10-10 12:30:19 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...London, 1898, II, p. 469. It's quoted in: Walter Laqueur, A History of Terrorism , New Brunswick/London, Transaction Publishers, 2002
 
Tags: major arthur griffith, orsini bombs, murderous organizations, infernal machines, transaction publishers, terrible weapons, dastardly science, walter laqueur, modern science
 
 
 
 
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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