Body Armor for Children
In the UK, parents are buying body armor for children. One type of risk we consistently overestimate is risks involving our children.
View ArticleAl-Qaeda or Teens?
From The Onion: “In this day and age, it’s important for law-enforcement officials to consider global threats as well as local ones,” Steinhorst said. “We could be dealing with an al-Qaeda sleeper cell...
View ArticleTeenagers and Risk Assessment
In an article on auto-asphyxiation, there’s commentary on teens and risk: But the new debate also coincides with a reassessment of how teenagers think about risk. Conventional wisdom said adolescents...
View ArticleSecurity Plus Privacy
The Royal Academy of Engineering (in the UK) has just published a report: “Dilemmas of Privacy And Surveillance: Challenges of Technological Change” (press release here) where they argue that security...
View ArticleMennonites and Photo IDs
Mennonites are considering moving to a different state because they don’t want their photo taken for their drivers licenses. Many (all?) states had religious exemptions to the photo requirement, but...
View ArticleCrazy Eddie Financial Fraud
This is an old article—from 2000—but the sidebar (at the end) describing how the electronics store Crazy Eddie committed massive financial fraud is fascinating. There are numerous ways to classify...
View ArticleI'm on More Lists
eWeek named me #40 in the “Top 100 Most Influential People in IT.” IT.com named me as one of the “59 Top Influencers in IT Security.”
View Article2007 EFF Pioneer Award
Last Tuesday I accepted my EFF Pioneer Award. Here’s an audio of my speech, and here’s a blog report from the event. I am very pleased to receive the award, and am simply stunned by this quote from...
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