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Fear of Internet Predators Largely Unfounded
via Schneier on Security by schneier on February 26, 2008
... 52 percent from 1993 to 2005, according to the Justice Department's National Crime Victimization Survey, the best measure of U.S. crime trends. "The Internet may not be as risky as a lot of other things that parents do without concern, such as driving kids to the mall and leaving them there for two hours," Wolak said.Internet predators are pedophiles.Finding: Internet predators don't hit...
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TrueCrypt 5.0
via Schneier on Security by schneier on March 04, 2008
There's a new version of TrueCrypt, the free open-source disk encryption software.
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Google Vulnerability Scanner
via Schneier on Security by schneier on March 04, 2008
We've all known for years that you can use Google to scan for vulnerabilities. Well, now the process has beenautomated.Presenting: Goolag Scanner from the Cult of the Dead Cow.I've seen a lot of pre-release scanning results from these guys, and it's pretty amazing what they've found.
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New Cyber-Security Czar
via Schneier on Security by (author unknown) on March 26, 2008
The U.S. has a new cyber-security czar, Rod A. Beckstrom, who has no cyber-security experience....
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London's Cameras Don't Reduce Crime
via Schneier on Security by schneier on May 07, 2008
News here and here:Massive investment in CCTV cameras to prevent crime in the UK has failed to have a significant impact, despite billions of pounds spent on the new technology, a senior police officer piloting a new database has warned. Only 3% of street robberies in London were solved using CCTV images, despite the fact that Britain has more security cameras than any other country in...
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NSA Monitoring U.S. Government Internet Traffic
via Schneier on Security by (author unknown) on February 04, 2008
I have mixed feeling about this, but in general think it is a good idea: President Bush signed a directive this month that expands the intelligence community's role in monitoring Internet traffic to protect against a rising number of attacks...
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A Good Security Investment by DHS
via Schneier on Security by (author unknown) on February 05, 2008
They're paying for open source software to be scanned for security bugs, and then fixing them. All the software scrutinized was found to have significant numbers of security flaws, Coverity said on Wednesday. Since 2006 the project has helped fix...
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The Onion on Terror
via Schneier on Security by (author unknown) on February 08, 2008
Excellent: We must all do whatever we can to preserve America by refocusing our priorities back on the contemplation of lethal threats—invisible nightmarish forces plotting to destroy us in a number of horrific ways. It is only through the vigilance...
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How the MPAA Might Enforce Copyright on the Internet
via Schneier on Security by (author unknown) on February 11, 2008
Interesting speculation from Nicholas Weaver: All that is necessary is that the MPAA or their contractor automatically spiders for torrents. When it finds torrents, it connects to each torrent with manipulated clients. The client would first transfer enough content to...
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Lock-In
via Schneier on Security by schneier on February 12, 2008
Buying an iPhone isn't the same as buying a car or a toaster. Your iPhone comes with a complicated list of rules about what you can and can't do with it. You can't install unapproved third-party applications on it. You can't unlock it and use it with the cellphone carrier of your choice. And Apple is serious about these rules: A software update released in September 2007 erased...
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