Failing again. Failing better.
Bruce Schneier posted a great story on his blog. He discusses a post on the TSA’s blog: TSA’s Top 10 Good Catches of 2011. The TSA is trying to show how it’s effective and has improved airport security. Obviously, Bruce Schneier disagrees, as do I. Definitely read both pieces, but as a brief aside, aren’t…
It shouldn’t be a surprise at this point that I’m a fan of Bruce Schneier’s work. I’ve written about him repeatedly, especially about his idea of “security theater.” Vanity Fair just published a great article about this topic. Author Charles C. Mann visits the Reagan National Airport in DC with Schneier, who quickly dismantles nearly…
2011 is behind us now, so I thought I’d look back at how this blog fared over the year. Well, “year” is generous. I started this blog in late August. In less than five months though, the site has grown far beyond my wildest expectations. I started this site because I wanted to be sure…
This morning, Bruce Schneier’s blog linked to a story about police in Montgomery County, Texas (north of Houston) buying a UAV capable of carrying weapons. The purchase was made via a $300,000 grant from the Department of Homeland Security. This is the first police force in the United States capable of deploying a weaponized drone–in…
Today, Bruce Schneier linked to a story about Max Schrems’s response to discovering exactly what data Facebook is collecting about him. Schrems, a 24-year old law student in Vienna, was shocked to find that Facebook had the equivalent of 1,200 pages of data on him, covering 57 categories. Because Facebook has a headquarters in Dublin,…