Sense in Airport Security
Bruce Schneier is talking sense again (as always!). At the moment, airport security will do one of two things when they catch you with something you’re not allowed bring on a plane: a) take it off you...
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Places You’ve Been To Blowing Up – Part I (Pul-i-Khumri, Afghanistan)
At least three places I’ve been to regularly have blown up in recent months – all of them places I felt (relatively) safe in while I was there. I’m sure this isn’t something many readers will relate...
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Places You’ve Been To Blowing Up – Part II (Marriot Hotel, Islamabad, Pakistan)
At least three places I’ve been to regularly have blown up in recent months – all of them places I felt (relatively) safe in while I was there. I’m sure this isn’t something many readers will relate...
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More missing Government laptops
Parliamentary Questions from Ruairi Quinn TD have shown that there’s been a significant increase this year in the number of laptops and other data devices stolen or missing from Government hands. Back...
View ArticleAirport Security
Very interesting article from Jeffrey Goldberg in The Atlantic. He, working with Bruce Schneier, tried to get caught going through airport security with fake boarding passes, carrying large amounts of...
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Good Security
Spotted some good, sensible security on the DC Metro (part surface, part overhead, part underground metropolitan railway) yesterday. Apologies for the bad picture quality, but I was trying to take the...
View ArticleCDG – Now I Remember Why I Don’t Like It
In Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris. Haven’t been here for years, but remember vaguely not liking it. Now I know why. It takes 15 minutes to get from the runway to the terminal building. That’s not...
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Crime – Getting Worse?
If you listened to the various TV and radio vox-pops over the last few days, following the tragic murders in East Wall, Howth and Ranelagh, and even Dick Roche’s hold up in Wicklow, you’d think the...
View ArticleIf It’s Difficult to Pronounce, It’s More Risky
Very interesting, although slightly predictable, report from the University of Michigan. Things that are difficult to pronounce are deemed more risky. This happens from food additives to foreign...
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AIB Card Security: FAIL
Following on from Active Growth’s post on Bank of Ireland security, I didn’t want AIB to feel left out. They’ve an even worse card security procedure, which they continue to use despite my repeated...
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