Bruce Schneier

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Name: Bruce Schneier

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Connecting the Dots Yields Spotty Results

In the aftermath of the Boston bombing, many have discussed whether or not the FBI should have had the capabilities to “connect the dots” to identify and prevent the bomber from following through. Boing Boing reiterates the point that Bruce Schneier ... [Published Beyond Search - 8 hours ago]

Entities: yield, Bruce Schneier, Bomber, FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation, Terrorism

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

Security experts warn FBI wiretap bill would make apps less secure

Bruce Schneier and 19 other researchers say the FBI's plan is a bad ideaDon't miss stories Follow The VergeA group of cybersecurity experts has come out in opposition to a White House-backed proposal that would dramatically expand the FBI's wiretapping ... [Published The Verge - May 18 2013]

Entities: FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation, Wiretapping, CALEA, Bruce Schneier

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Google Inc

Congress: It's not the Glass that's scary - It's the GOOGLE

Comment Google Glass is wrapped around the faces of only a few thousand people right now. The company says the device is in very early beta mode. And yet lawmakers in the US have already pounced on the company demanding answers about how the privacy of ... [Published The Register - May 17 2013]

Entities: Google Inc, Google Glass, Eric Schmidt

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Want To Destroy Any Hope Of Serious Cybersecurity? Give The DOJ Its Desired Backdoor Wiretaps On All Communications

The Obama administration has supposedly been "considering" the latest version of the DOJ's plan to require backdoor wiretapping abilities in any form of digital communication. If you don't recall, the FBI asks for this basically every year. The latest ... [Published Techdirt - May 17 2013]

Entities: Cyber Security, Wiretapping, Peter Neumann, Bruce Schneier, FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Skype

Internet wiretaps a gold mine for repressive governments, thieves

Surveillance can be a tricky affair in the Internet age.A federal law called the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act allows law enforcement officials to tap a traditional phone, as long as they get approval from a judge. But if communication ... [Published Economic Times - May 17 2013]

Entities: Skype, FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bruce Schneier, Redmond (Washington, United States)

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Will giving the internet eyes and ears mean the end of privacy?

Corporations and governments are turning the internet into a colossal, always-on surveillance tool. Once passive objects are able to report what's happening, where is the power balance? The internet has turned into a massive surveillance tool. We're constantly ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 16 2013]

Entities: Internet of Things, Surveillance, Powerful, Google Inc

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

M-Unition Podcast Series: Bruce Schneier Discusses the Advanced Persistent Threat, Cyberwar and Feudalism

With news outlets flooded with talk of advanced targeted threats and Mandiant’s recently released APT1 report , we wanted to know what industry experts thought of the security industry today. We sat down and spoke with Bruce Schneier about his thoughts ... [Published Security Bloggers Network - May 13 2013]

Entities: Bruce Schneier, APT Advanced Persistent Threat, Cyber Warfare

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 2 reports

Former DHS Head On Google Glass: Intrusive Surveillance Is Bad -- If It's A Corporation Doing It

With Google's eyewear seemingly headed to the general public in the not-too-distant future, many people have expressed concern about being recorded against their wishes.See more: http://blodic.us/business/former-dhs-head-on-google-glass-intrusive-sur ... [Published Blodic.us - May 13 2013]

Entities: Google Glass, Michael Chertoff, Surveillance, Bruce Schneier

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Drunken Security News – Episode 331

It's time for another Drunken Security News. Much of the gang was on the road this week so Patrick Laverty sat in with Paul and Engineer Steve for the show, plus Jack's epic beard called in via Skype from lovely Maryland. First, Paul admitted it was a ... [Published Security Bloggers Network - May 12 2013]

Entities: Security, Syrian Electronic Army, National Republican Congressional Committee

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 4 reports

Hindsight is 20-20 on terror

Editor's note: Bruce Schneier is a security technologist and author of "Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust Society Needs to Survive."(CNN) -- The FBI and the CIA are being criticized for not keeping better track of Tamerlan Tsarnaev in the months ... [Published CNN - May 03 2013]

Entities: Daniel Kahneman, Bruce Schneier, FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 2 reports

New Bay to Breakers Safety Plan Doesn't Impress Security Expert

In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, new rules for security have been put into place by the annual Bay to Breakers footrace in San Francisco.But the new rules -- such as a ban on backpacks from the race course -- don't impress everybody. Specifically, ... [Published NBC Bay Area - May 01 2013]

Entities: Security, Bruce Schneier, Bomb

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 2 reports

Crypto guru: 'Most people have folk models of computer security'

Infosec 2013 Experts on both sides of the vendor-customer divide in the UK and a US cryptographer are at odds over whether or not security training is a waste of time. American crypto guru Bruce Schneier says the fact that "we still have trouble teaching ... [Published The Register - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Bruce Schneier, PhishMe, Computer Security, Security, Amar Singh

Quotes

...Instead, the general consciousness has moved backward in time. In "When It Comes to Security, We're Back to Feudalism", Bruce Schneier says we "pledge allegiance to the united states of convenience" when we become "vassals" to the "feudal lord" called Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple. He explains:

One Hand Slapping [Published Linux Journal - May 03 2013]

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Connecting the Dots Yields Spotty Results [Published Beyond Search - 8 hours ago]
Security experts warn FBI wiretap bill would ma... [Published The Verge - May 18 2013]
Want To Destroy Any Hope Of Serious Cybersecuri... [Published Techdirt - May 17 2013]
Congress: It's not the Glass that's scary - It'... [Published The Register - May 17 2013]
Internet wiretaps a gold mine for repressive go... [Published Economic Times - May 17 2013]
Acronis True Image Home [DISCOUNT: 35% OFF!] 20... [Published Softpedia - May 16 2013]
Will giving the internet eyes and ears mean the... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 16 2013]
M-Unition Podcast Series: Bruce Schneier Discus... [Published Security Bloggers Network - May 13 2013]
Former DHS Head On Google Glass: Intrusive Surv... [Published Blodic.us - May 13 2013]
Former DHS Head On Google Glass: Intrusive Surv... [Published Techdirt - May 13 2013]
Drunken Security News – Episode 331 [Published Security Bloggers Network - May 12 2013]
Life Inside a Skinner Box 3: Breakdown of Autom... [Published Security Bloggers Network - May 11 2013]
Morning Security Brief: Student Visa Scrutiny W... [Published Security Management Online - May 10 2013]
Weekly Rewind – Starbucks, WTOP & FedNewsRadio,... [Published Security Bloggers Network - May 10 2013]
HOWTO fix security after the Bostonbombing [Published Blodic.us - May 10 2013]
HOWTO fix security after the Boston bombing [Published Boing Boing - May 10 2013]
Government still spying on emails and phone cal... [Published Computerworld - May 09 2013]
Boston’s Top Cop Warns Against “Police State” [Published PrisonPlanet - May 09 2013]
Libertarians Shouldn?t Want Perfect Security?Re... [Published Cato Institute - May 09 2013]
Libertarians Shouldn't Want Perfect Security--R... [Published Cato @ Liberty - May 09 2013]
BCWipe 6.04.3 (Trial) [Published Softpedia - May 08 2013]
Free Tor Bridges Available in Amazon EC2 [Published Security Bloggers Network - May 07 2013]
After the Tragedy in Boston, More Government Su... [Published Common Dreams - May 07 2013]
M-Unition Looks at Security Without Borders [Published Security Bloggers Network - May 06 2013]
U.S. Chief Intelligence Officer Declares Cyberc... [Published Individual.com - May 06 2013]
Do unseen passwords really need masking? [Published ZDNet - May 06 2013]
Bruce Schneier: Why Collecting More Data Doesn'... [Published Slashdot - May 04 2013]
Fedora 19 To Stop Masking Passwords [Published Slashdot - May 04 2013]
Why "connecting the dots" is the wrong way to t... [Published Blodic.us - May 04 2013]
Why "connecting the dots" is the wrong way to t... [Published Boing Boing - May 04 2013]