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U.K. to issue biometric passports worldwide

U.K. to issue biometric passports worldwide1. Politicians-inventors of Biometrics do not know physics.Therefore they have no clue how criminals will cheat the system.2. Politicians-inventors forgot that the passport issuance systems are just an [b]easy-to-hack MS-based computers[/b].3. Even if they will keep it on Linux – [b]the World is too corrupted[/b]...

Tags: Authentication/Encryption, SECURITY, Politicians-inventors, biometrics, passport

Discussion threads 2005-07-25

Civil liberties groups blast biometrics

Civil liberties groups blast biometricsThis is the introduction of...Revelation13:16 thru 18"Right" to travel by airA number of years ago, it was decided by the courts that driving an automobile was a "privilege," not a "right." Obviously, travel by air is also a privilege; if one is bothered that his/her...

Tags: Authentication/Encryption, RFID, biometrics, passport

Discussion threads 2004-03-31

Additional Resources

Adeona offers independent stolen laptop tracking

Sorry: hit "post" instead of "save"; this backend system will be the death of me. I first came across Adeona last year when I was doing some external research, and it's only really just come to light. Adeona is an independent system which doesn't rely on any...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Device, Laptop Computer, Adeona, Apple Mac OS X, Biometrics, Linux, Desktops, Notebooks, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-16

Biometrics Network Logon (exe)

Biometric Network Logon 2007 R2 supports 19 different devices. Usually, the fingerprint libraries provided by the manufacturers only support their own device. Biometric Network Logon is built under Fingerprint SDK's support for multiple fingerprint readers allows you to choose the more suitable reader. This version is the first release on...

Tags: Device, Network, Griaule Technology, Biometrics, Authentication/Encryption, Networking, Security

Software downloads 2008-07-15

Iomega eGo Camo portable hard drive (250GB, camo)

The $149 250GB Iomega eGo Camo external hard drive is built extra tough to withstand the rigors of transportation and daily use. The ruggedized styling, low cost, and average transfer speeds make this an ideal choice for someone that tends to plays rough with their electronics. Once Iomega adds an...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Iomega eGo, Iomega Corp., Iomega eGo Camo, hard drive

Product reviews 2008-07-11

Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive

The $180 320GB Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive (HDDR320E03X) is the second drive from Toshiba we've reviewed bearing the Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive name. The design has been updated in this new version, but unfortunately, the performance remains just as uninspiring as the original's....

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Backups, Operating systems, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive, Toshiba USB, external hard drive, hard drive

Product reviews 2008-07-07

Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHA broken by spammers

Breaking Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHAs, has been an urban legend for over two years now, with do-it-yourself CAPTCHA breaking services, and proprietary underground tools assisting spammers, phishers and malware authors into registering hundreds of thousands of bogus accounts for spamming and fraudulent purposes. ...

Tags: CAPTCHA, MSN Hotmail, Google Gmail, Yahoo! Inc., Spammer, HIP Character, E-mail Providers, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-03

Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive (250GB, Brown)

The 250GB brown leather is a classy refresh of their eGo external hard drives. Last year, we reviewed the 160GB Cherry Red version for $130. This new eGo gets an aesthetic upgrade and 110 more gigs of space for just $20 more. If you like the look and feel of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, hard drive, Iomega eGo, Iomega Corp.

Product reviews 2008-07-02

Researcher claims thousands of identities stolen during Social Engineering pentests

Kelly Jackson Higgins of Dark Reading, reported on research conducted by Joshua Perrymon, hacking director for PacketFocus Security Solutions and CEO of RedFlag Security, who has been performing social engineering exploits for numerous clients in the past year and has apparently stolen thousands of identities with a 100 percent success rate. ...

Tags: Social Engineering, Identity, Dark Reading Article, Identity Theft, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-01

Maxtor Black Armor

We're not surprised to see the Maxtor Black Armor emerge in a time when so much confidential data is transported by external hard drives. The 10GB Black Armor drive ($150) is a portable storage device with built-in Advanced Encryption Standard hardware-based encryption to prevent digital theft. Unfortunately, this added security...

Tags: Storage, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), traveler mode, Black Armor, Maxtor Corp., password

Product reviews 2008-06-18

The most comprehensive police database: Facebook

Over the last few decades, police intelligence gets better through technological means. Before they used pen and paper, and the only way to cross reference files was by means of filing. Nowadays with specific databases for different crimes - the PND, ViSOR, the UK DNA database, ANCHORY, FBI Guardian, and...

Tags: Facebook, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-06-14

Bluetooth Passport Standard for XP (exe)

Bluetooth Passport is designed to implement proximity login and steps away lock for Windows. Using a Bluetooth device, such as a cell phone or a PDA, you can logon to Windows without inputting user name and password manually. For Bluetooth Passport is based short-range wireless technique, it different from some...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Bluetooth Application Lab, Bluetooth Passport, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Wireless

Software downloads 2008-06-11

Bluetooth Passport Standard for Vista (exe)

Bluetooth Passport is designed to implement proximity login and steps away lock for Windows. Using a Bluetooth device, such as a cell phone or a PDA, you can login Windows without inputting user name and password manually. For Bluetooth Passport is based short-range wireless technique, it different from some other...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Bluetooth Application Lab, Bluetooth Passport, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Wireless

Software downloads 2008-06-11

Microsoft CardSpace killed before it really began?

According to Neowin, computing students at the University of Bochum, Germany, have worked out how to retrieve vital security tokens from Microsoft's CardSpace framework. CardSpace is highly tipped to be the successor to Windows Live ID Passport and making passwords a relic of the Cold War, using self-signed or certificate...

Tags: DNS, Microsoft Windows CardSpace, Security Token, Microsoft Corp., Domain Names, Digital Security, Security, Networking, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-05-31

Market disconnects

Market disconnectsLootoI remember a few years back, the state Lotto was over $100 million. An investor firm wanted to buy one ticket for every number (at the time, about 20 million numbers). They went to the state and asked to purchase the 20 million tickets. The state came back and...

Tags: Investment, trader, Warren Buffet, Sun Microsystems Inc., stock

Discussion threads 2008-05-27

Globalization's discontents

I'm back from Africa, and what a trip it has been. Ghana was certainly a marked contrast to Zimbabwe. You would never mistake Ghana for a rich country, though compared to Zimbabwe, it is positively affluent. People are poor, but the roads are filled with cars, the stores are filled...

Tags: Immigrant, Africa, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Globalization, Government, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-05-22

What is the U.S. doing about security?

I've been terrible busy lately.  Hopefully you all here haven't noticed, as I've been working hard to still keep my posts flowing, but I've just got time to catch up with several blogs that I read often.  One of those blogs is the Emergent Chaos blog...

Tags: Card, Database, President, Blog, Passport Card, RFID, Government, Security, Wireless, Biometrics, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-05-20

The newspaper's last stand

Interesting news today...or was it yesterday? I have no idea. I got off an eleven hour flight from Johannesburg this morning, and then had to race to the US embassy to get more visa pages in my passport because I've managed to fill every available visa slot with stamps, causing...

Tags: Newspaper, CBS Broadcasting Inc., London Underground, Consumption Habit, E-books, Internet, Personal Technology, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-05-15

UK gov't releases transparent post-failure analysis

The UK Identity & Passport Service IPS has released an excellent post-implementation assessment report describing lessons learned from five key 2007 projects. In an unusually transparent move for any government agency, the report candidly examines each project's objectives, deliverables, and areas for improvement. ...

Tags: Project, Procurement, Analysis, IPS, Purchasing & Procurement, Government, Business Operations, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Gillmor: Why Google should worry about Live Mesh

Gillmor: Why Google should worry about Live MeshOh yeah, I can just see the data breaches...in the cloud. :)I agree - the companies that blend will seea better result. Especially the ones that require a disconnected view. It will be fun to see what happens.RE: Gillmor: Why Google...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Desktops, Digital media, Google Documents, Google Inc., Live Mesh, Gillmor, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-28