Bruce Schneier says the cure for terrorism is refusal to be terrorized. http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,71642-0.html?tw=wn_index_20
Wired also wonders if the PS3 can save Sony. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.09/sony.html
From the IP list, 2006 Security Stupidity follows.
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> PI announces the 2006 Stupid Security Competition > > 21/08/2006 > > STUPID SECURITY AWARDS > http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-541996
> > We've all been there. Standing for ages in a security line at an > inconsequential office building only to be given a security pass > that a high school student could have faked. Or being forced to produce > photo ID for even the most innocent activity. > > If you thought after Enron that the accountancy profession was bad news, > just wait till you hear how terrible the security industry has become. Even > before the recent "liquid bomb" scare a whole army of bumbling amateurs has > taken it upon themselves to figure out pointless, annoying, intrusive, > illusory and just plain stupid measures to "protect" our security. > > Stupid security has become a global menace. >From the airport that this month > emptied out a full plane because a passenger was drinking from a lemonade > bottle, to the British schools that fingerprint their children to _stop_ the > theft of library books, to the airline company that refused to allow > passengers to bring books or magazines onto the plane, the world has become > infested with bumptious administrators competing to hinder or harass us - > and often for no good reason whatever. > > The sensitive and sensible folk at Privacy International have endured enough > of this treatment. So we are running an international competition to > discover the world's most pointless, intrusive, stupid and self-serving > security measures. > > The "Stupid Security Awards" aim to highlight the absurdities of the > security industry. (clip) > > * Most Egregiously Stupid Award > * Most Inexplicably Stupid Award > * Most Annoyingly Stupid Award > * Most Flagrantly Intrusive Award > * Most Stupidly Counter Productive Award > > The competition will be judged by an international panel of well-known > security experts, public policy specialists, privacy advocates and > journalists. > > The competition is open to anyone from any country. Nominations can > be sent to stupidsecurity@privacy.org. > > Details of previous award winners can be found below, or at > http://www.privacyinternational.org/ssa2003winners.
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