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Mythbusters Gagged

Adam Savage, of the excellent ‘Mythbusters’ programme(*) reports that they were going to do a segment on RFID chips only to have the lawyers descend from Visa, American Express etc. Texas Instruments comes on along with chief legal counsel for American Express, Visa, Discover, and everybody else… They were way, way outgunned and they absolutely made [...]
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Stupid Security

Privacy International has opened up nominations for the ‘Stupid Security Awards 2006′. The Stupid Security Awards is an open competition run by Privacy International to discover the world’s most pointless, intrusive, annoying and self-serving security measures. The awards aim to highlight the absurdities of the security industry. The awards were first staged in 2003 and attracted [...]
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Stupid Security

Bruce Schneier pointed out this little gem of stupid security.
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