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Hacking Polish Trams

2008-01-17 15:43:06 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...trains on tracks in the Polish city of Lodz: Transport command and control systems are commonly designed by engineers with little exposure or knowledge about security using commodity electronics and a little native wit. The apparent ease with which Lodz's tram network was hacked, even by these low standards, is still a bit of an eye opener...
 
Tags: city tram driver, driver, tram, tram drivers control, tv remote control, trains, real trains, tram network, physical security
 
 
 
 
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How Well "See Something, Say Something" Actually Works

2008-01-08 07:53:50 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...trains or waiting on platforms The callers said that the men appeared to be Muslims and that they seemed to be counting the number of people boarding subway trains or the number of trains passing through a station. They feared the men might be collecting data to maximize the casualties in a terror attack But when the police looked into the...
 
Tags: line, front-line security personnel, calls, hot line, calls led, people, suspicious people, browne, normal people
 
 
 
 
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Amtrak to Start Passenger Screening

2008-02-22 12:17:58 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...trains and airplanes It's kind of random: The teams will show up unannounced at stations and set up baggage screening areas in front of boarding gates. Officers will randomly pull people out of line and wipe their bags with a special swab that is then put through a machine that detects explosives. If the machine detects anything, officers...
 
Tags: correct step, officers, trains, machine, machine detects, randomly pull people, start randomly, amtrak, patrol platforms
 
 
 
 
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Thalys Hits Glitch in Impressive Train Launch

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2008-05-14 15:50:22 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...trains, but will complete work on all 26 trains by October. Trip durations run from 1 hour 20 minutes to 3 hours Most impressively, the consortium that built the system is using a pretty modest antenna that moves automatically to stay in contact with the satellite. It's 80 by 72 cm (31.5 by 28.3 inches), and plans are to shrink that to...
 
Tags: train, service hit glitches, glitches, service, service pulls, train operator, satellite, satellite technology, nokia siemens
 
 
 
 
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Utah's FrontRunner Commuter Rail Unwired

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2008-06-13 13:34:53 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...trains, has unwired the 12 double-decker trains on this new line, which opened for service in late April. About 1,000 passengers ride the route from Ogden to Salt Lake City each day (as of mid-May), and the service logged 700 users per day just a few days ago. Speeds aren't noted. Nomad worked with local firm Wasatch Electric and uses Redline...
 
Tags: wi-fi, wi-fi service requires, rail, rail authority, authority, in-transit wi-fi, free wi-fi, authority offers wi-fi, service
 
 
 
 
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Fear Is Unhealthy

2008-01-17 07:35:09 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...trains, markets or buses is not the goal; those are just tactics. The real targets of terrorism are the rest of us: the billions of us who are not killed but are terrorized because of the killing. The real point of terrorism is not the act itself, but our reaction to the act And we're doing exactly what the terrorists want The surest defense...
 
Tags: people terrorists kill, terrorists, terrorism, actual terrorism, kill, people, fear, million people, fearful people
 
 
 
 
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Heavily Armed Officers on New York City Subways

2008-02-07 06:06:42 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...trains and patrol platforms, focusing on sites like Pennsylvania Station, Herald Square, Columbus Circle, Rockefeller Center and Times Square in Manhattan, and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn What does it accomplish besides intimidating innocent commuters
 
Tags: patrol platforms, subway system daily, patrol, tactical plan, officers, rockefeller center, city, times square, herald square
 
 
 
 
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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
 
...trains bodyguards, or as we prefer to call them: Personal Protection Specialists, I was put on the air right away I had seen an episode of the show that took place inside a gym. Snoop Dogg was trying to take up Yoga and his bodyguard was right there with him on the floor. His bodyguard was an immensely unfit looking individual who appeared...
 
Tags: snoop dogg, wjfk radio week, radio, bodyguard, personal protection specialists, protection, week, sexton executive security, unfit
 
 
 
 
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This is not a bodyguard - this is a walking lawsuit.

2008-03-18 02:52:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...trains them, I can tell you that Ms. Kidman would be far better off looking after herself than being "protected" by this unprofessional hothead. Not only did her security person make a grave mistake by assaulting and battering the photographer in question, but he left her totally unprotected when he jumped out of the vehicle in a rage What...
 
Tags: hire, celebrities hire amateurs, security, security person, vehicle, company vehicle, people hire, professional security firms, night club bouncer
 
 
 
 
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BART Wi-Fi Access Moves Closer in Bay Area

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2008-04-09 06:39:32 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...trains Their technical description of what they're doing makes a lot of sense, and if they can pull off their trial work in a production environment, they will have a set of patents and products that will likely be the model for deploying subway and train Wi-Fi in urban areas around the world. Yes, that's a big claim; but they have a unique...
 
Tags: wifi rail, wifi rail relies, bee, sacramento bee article, contract, sign contract, wifi rail folks, overlaid wi-fi signals, months ago