Tomorrow I start teaching a half-semester seminar on privacy law in the honors program. Here’s Bruce Schneier with a timely piece about data, “the natural by-product of every computer mediated interaction. It stays around forever, unless it’s disposed of. It is valuable when reused, but it must be done carefully. Otherwise, its after-effects are toxic.” [...]
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Bruce Schneier wrote a terrific piece about impersonation and identity authentication at http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0901.html#1. He uses the various “physical tokens” we carry in our wallets to argue that “[d]ecentralized authentication systems work better than centralized ones:” loss or compromise of your credit or health club membership card does not compromise your driver’s license or library card. [...]
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Bruce Schneier wrote recently about airport security after a screener seized a 6-oz jar of past sauce from his luggage: “the official confiscated it, because allowing it on the airplane with me would have been too dangerous. And to demonstrate how dangerous he really thought that jar was, he blithely tossed it in a nearby [...]
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Those interested in the MIT students’ hack of the MBTA’s Charlie Card (“Don’t Enjoin the Messenger“) should read Bruce Schneier’s Wired article, “Boston Court’s Meddling With ‘Full Disclosure’ Is Unwelcome” and follow the article’s links. Schneier’s insights into security issues are always worthwhile. Sphere: Related Content Related posts Don’t Enjoin the Messenger (0) Whose Data [...]
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Two weeks ago three students from MIT appeared at DEFCON in Las Vegas to present their successful hack of the Massachusetts Transit Authority’s electronic fare system–the “Charlie Card.” The MBTA went to federal court to enjoin publication of students’ presentation, claiming it would violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The court granted the injunction [...]
Here’s a good article by Bruce Schneier exploring how “you can feel secure even you’re not, and you can be secure even though you don’t feel it.” Schneier is always worth reading. Sphere: Related Content Related posts Whose Data Is It, Anyway? (1) Toxic Data (1) Security Theater (3) Security Choice (9) Schneier on Irrational [...]
A story in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal titled NSA’s Domestic Spying Grows as Agency Sweeps Up Data (subscription required) reports that– According to current and former intelligence officials, the spy agency now monitors huge volumes of records of domestic emails and Internet searches as well as bank transfers, credit-card transactions, travel and telephone records. The [...]