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Identification and centralised systems

Security guru and cryptographer of Jedi skill level Bruce Schneier posted this succinct explanation of why centralised, unified identity databases are less secure than the messy, distributed alternative of multiple limited databases, as part of an excellent blog post about the social psychology … Continue reading

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Rough justice? [Updated x2]

So an MA student at Nottingham University doing research into political Islam downloads a 1,500 page ‘terrorism manual’ from a U.S. government website, and asks his friend who works as a PA at the University to print it for him … Continue reading

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The scales of justice

What happens when you publish information on a glaring and well-known flaw in American airport security? Well, the answer is that the shit hits the fan, Cisco style. Christopher Soghoian published a PHP script on his site which generates fake … Continue reading

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