Making Telemarketers Cry
A great Telemarketer Suing HOWTO by attorney Mark Eckenwiler from Washington D.C. How To Make A Telemarketer Cry (or, Suing Bozos for Fun & Profit) “In November 2002, a telemarketer called …
Quot If You Want To Win An Election Just Control The Voting Machines Quot-
quot- A couple more sites working against all-electronic voting machines: https://www.blackboxvoting.com/ https://www.ecotalk.org/VotingSecurity.htm Also, an article discussing a situation that, if …
Can Microsoft Be Secure
I sure hope so. I have high expectations for Windows 2003. We’ll see how things progress. I want to know who the companies are that were surveyed… I assure you mine wasn’t one of …
Horrible Precedent Guantanamo Detainees Have No Us Legal Recourse
[IP] Stuart Taylor’s column today –“Falsely Accused ‘Enemies’ Deserve Due Process Couldn’t say it better myself. And regarding those lists of “known or …
Facial Recognition Systems Quot Improve Quot-
quot- [IP] NIST rates facial recognition systems “The three top-rated systems verified identities correctly 87 percent to 90 percent of the time with a false-alarm rate of 1 percent. When NIST …
Handset Security Flaws On The Horizon
Software quality, especially data input filtering, is critical for mobile devices; especially devices that do not typically have user-updateable software. News: Mobile phone hacking expected to spread …
Drm Threat Analysis Shows Futility In Drm Mechanisms
This analysis shows how DRM solutions are ineffective because they [attempt to] address the wrong threat model. “Many DRM advocates make the classic mistake of refusing to choose a threat model. …
Catching Up
I’ve been so busy with work and other things that I have amassed a large queue of articles and little nuggets over the past few months. You’ll probably see some old news come through that …
Insider Attack Nails Shut Janteknology'S Coffin
Evidence of the damage that insider attacks can wreak. Ironically, this was a security software distributor. It’s unbelievable how often I hear things like: “Well you have to trust your …
Museum Of Unworkable Devices
" This museum is a celebration of fascinating devices that don’t work. It houses diverse examples of the perverse genius of inventors who refused to let their thinking be intimidated by the …