German TV shows how full body scanners fail
A link from Bruce Schneier’s website to another link to YouTube, I discovered this video. I don’t speak German, however, if you watch closely the scanner picked out the cell phone and Swiss Army knife, …
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Facial Recognition Time Attendance System and Access Door Lock
Only $456.14! One would have to wonder if this can be fooled with a life-sized photo or a reconstructed model of my head. There isn’t a lot of details on how the 3D facial recognition …
A CCTV image that goes too far
The British government has committed a gross invasion of privacy when they turned their CCTV towards a bedroom. Transport for London manages more than 1500 CCTV cameras and have a live feed of someone else’s …
Convict Mails Himself Out of Prison
Bosnian Muradif Hasanbegovic, 36, was serving a seven-year sentence for robbery in the Karlau prison, near Graz, Austria. He wrapped himself inside a very large box and mailed himself out of jail. Hasanbegovic worked in …
What is a hero?
According to Merriam-Webster, a hero is one who shows great courage. Courage is related to heroism because courage is the mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty. Courage is …
The Women Of The Egyptian Revolution
These photos are being made by Leil-Zahra Mortada on Facebook. You can also find them here. I am merely putting a few up in case other websites cannot handle the load. Not everyone has a …
Cavity searches for kids
Here’s a quite amusing little picture of a book for kids who travel. “My First Cavity Search,” was first created on a French website. It was spotted on someone’s computer screen at the airport last …
Best Buy’s GPS child surveillance tracker
For just $99.99, you can get the Little Buddy Child Tracker that allows you to keep tabs on your children. From Best Buy’s website: Keep tabs on your child at all times with this small …
Flickr censors Egyptian State Security police photos
Flickr has confirmed that they have removed photos of Egyptian State Security police. Hossam Arabawy posted the photos, but flickr removed them due to what they call copyright violations. It appears that it is okay …
Ron Paul speaks out against CISPA
Thanks to Ron Paul for his sound thinking. It is so important that we stop CISPA asap. We are slipping down a slippery slope towards a police state and need to keep whatever liberty we …