Trades Unions against ID Cards
Blog The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has backed up airport workers protesting against ID cards, the Financial Times reports. In a letter to Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, the TUC said it had... [22 Jul 2008]
That is the question
Talkback thinkfeeldo, Thanks for taking up the challenge. Here are my responses to yours: 1 - I tend to agree with your points here, but would add that your "biometrics" are not just yours and yours alone... [22 Jul 2008]
Schneier research team cracks TrueCrypt
News Security expert Bruce Schneier says standard software such as Vista interferes with deniable file systems, designed to hide data on users' systems [17 Jul 2008]
Mystery surrounds wiped Oyster cards
News Transport for London has launched an investigation into how 60,000 smartcards were corrupted when swiped at ticket barriers on the Underground on Saturday morning [14 Jul 2008]
ID scheme undermined by poor-quality fingerprints
News Biometrics for the ID cards scheme has been criticised by a government body, which claims fingerprints collected for the over-75 age group would not be of sufficient quality to act as identifiers [11 Jul 2008]
ZoneAlarm updated after Microsoft DNS patch
News Check Point has released updated versions of all ZoneAlarm products, after a Microsoft patch caused users to lose internet access [11 Jul 2008]
Microsoft patch leaves ZoneAlarm users in the dark
News A patch for a DNS flaw has left some users of Check Point's ZoneAlarm product experiencing a loss of internet connectivity [10 Jul 2008]
Students condemn ID cards
News ID cards have been branded 'illegal' and 'creepy' on a website launched to canvass the views of young people on the National Identity Scheme [10 Jul 2008]
MoJ sends out hacks email details on data protection invite
Blog I find this very ironic. The Ministry of Justice has just sent me an invitation to a press briefing with Information Commissioner Richard Thomas on Thursday. Thomas will be discussing the results... [09 Jul 2008]
Creeping to where, for what and by whom?
Talkback Not sure what all the fuss is about here? Something’s gotta give. The checks and balances required to securitize one of the most vital areas of public transport is probably well overdue.... [06 Jul 2008]
ID cards: Aviation workers being 'used politically'
News The British Air Transport Association says the government is using aviation workers to introduce ID cards incrementally and lend the scheme credibility [04 Jul 2008]
Biometrics to speed travel between UK and US
News Fingerprint, iris and facial-recognition tech will be used to speed up frequent UK-US travellers' journeys through immigration control [04 Jul 2008]
The GoDaddy saga continues...
Blog I've been trying to sort out an incident with registrar GoDaddy since last week. I blogged on Tuesday and Thursday about the situation, but in a nutshell I found out that I was registered as the... [03 Jul 2008]
Gov't scales back ePassport upgrade
News The Identity and Passport Service has dropped the Electronic Passport Application project upgrade, claiming to be striving for value for money [03 Jul 2008]
Caught in the GoDaddy red tape
Blog This is one of those situations that would be funny if I wasn't the one caught up in it. I blogged on Tuesday that I'm listed on WHOIS as the administrator of a charming site called... [26 Jun 2008]
But how much is it going to cost us?
Talkback But how much is it going to cost us before someone finally puts this arrogant scheme out of our misery? That money could have done so much! Current estimates for the cost of this thing is anywhere... [23 Jun 2008]
ID cards face fingerprint errors, say experts
News The independent Biometrics Assurance Group says dealing with mismatched fingerprints will drain the ID-cards scheme's resources [23 Jun 2008]
High-risk flaws in corporate security revealed
News Three recent studies have painted a damning picture of business security, with almost 90 percent of breaches found to have been preventable [20 Jun 2008]
EC probes BT-Phorm trials
News The European Commission is looking into ad-serving trials conducted by BT and Phorm in 2006, but says it is unlikely to take any action [11 Jun 2008]
Security through annoyance
Blog A close personal friend reports a bloody annoyance. The place where he works decided to tighten up its network security, by forcing all users to change their passwords every three months. As... [10 Jun 2008]
