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My LA Times Op Ed on Photo ID Checks at Airport

2008-09-01 05:15:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...photo ID rules No-fly lists and photo IDs are supposed to help protect the flying public from terrorists. Except that they don't work By Bruce Schneier August 28, 2008 The TSA is tightening its photo ID rules at airport security. Previously, people with expired IDs or who claimed to have lost their IDs were subjected to secondary screening....
 
Tags: list, no-fly list, airport, security, security hole, transportation security administration, photo, ids, matches ids
 
 
 
 
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Insignia photo frame virus much nastier than first thought

2008-02-16 22:20:03 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
Ugh, we were already sick of digital photo frames -- and now it looks those now-discontinued virus-ridden Insignia units from Best Buy and several other models produced in China were carrying a much nastier trojan that we'd originally heard
 
Tags: digital photo frames, insignia units, nastier trojan, models, sick, china, ugh
 
 
 
 
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Friday Squid Blogging: Jumbo Squid Photo

2008-08-01 16:44:51 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Pretty . It was the National Geographic Photo of the Day on June 16th
 
Tags: national geographic photo, june 16th, pretty, day
 
 
 
 
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Amazon warns customers of infected digital photo frames

2008-12-29 00:00:00 by HASH0x8472f10 in Network World on Security
 
Amazon.com Inc. last week warned customers running Windows XP that a Samsung digital photo frame it sold through earlier this month might have come with malware on the driver installation CD
 
Tags: driver installation cd, customers, amazon, malware, month, windows, week
 
 
 
 
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Gallery: Images From the 16th Annual DefCon

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2008-08-11 18:30:00 by Dave Bullock in Wired Security
Photo: Dave Bullock/Wired.com LAS VEGAS -- Last weekend, more than 9,000 hackers, freaks, feds and geeks gathered for the 16th annual DefCon, the world's largest computer security convention Wired.com brought you live coverage of the most newsworthy events at DefCon 16. Here are some photos from the lighter side of the conference Left: South...
 
Tags: defcon, 16th annual defcon, defcon founder, attendees wave, attendees, defcon organizers, defcon attendees dustin, photo, dave
 
 
 
 
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Inside an FBI Computer Forensics Lab

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2008-05-23 04:00:00 by Kevin Poulsen in Wired Security
Photo: Matt Mallams/Wired.com The experts at the FBI's newly accredited Regional Computer Forensics Lab in San Diego have already helped solve murders, child porn cases and robberies. They're among the best in the nation at pulling evidence from hard drives, cellphones and memory cards There are now 14 such labs in the United States, with two...
 
Tags: lab, fbi, san diego lab, photo, san diego, matt, fbi labs collectively, inside, hard drive
 
 
 
 
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Women in IT: A Note from the Non-Booth-Babe Blogger

2008-04-03 14:58:30 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
...photo comment. First of all, its really bad. Secondly, Ive emailed responses to several of my readers comments and (much to my surprise) found they didnt realize I was a girl. Shocking right? When they saw Jennifer in my email signature they figured it out. So, I dont know that the photo has any impact on readership, but I could be wrong....
 
Tags: photo, photo-, horrible photo, photo comment, hard work-, hard, real head shots, mans world, respect
 
 
 
 
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Coming Soon to a Movie Plot Near You

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2008-07-31 21:10:38 by Erik T. Heidt in Art of Information Security
...photo to the right, a NYC artist William Lamson , has created an interesting photo of hacking (or blocking) a security camera with a helium balloon. This is such a simple and inexpensive attack on the video surveillance camera that I am shocked I havent seen this before. I am also certain that the appearance of this in a TV or movie plot is...
 
Tags: video surveillance camera, camera, video surveillance, movie plot, video, photo, lamsons photo, security camera, simple
 
 
 
 
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Security Matters: How to Create the Perfect Fake Identity

2008-09-04 04:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...photo IDs on their name. That isn't critical, though; in the U.S., more than 20 million adult citizens don't have photo IDs. But other than that, I can't think of any reason why identity farming wouldn't work Here's the real question: Do you actually have to show up for any part of your life Again, I made this all up. I have no evidence that...
 
Tags: security, identity, data, data shadow, data shadows, shadows, social security card, financial identity, photo ids glue
 
 
 
 
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Identity Farming