Security

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  • Terrorism, tweezers and terminal madness

    Some thoughts about the absurdity of too much security. An excerpt from "Ask the Pilot: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel."
    By Patrick Smith June 1, 2004

  • Safe and insecure

    I opened up my wireless home network to the world, and I've never felt more comfortable.
    By Micah Joel May 18, 2004

  • Fleeing Baghdad

    I didn't want to leave the nation my country tore apart. But then came warnings that our house was targeted. A farewell portrait of a place on the edge of the abyss.
    By Jen Banbury April 7, 2004

  • The hermetically sealed conquerors

    Hunkered down in their weird security zone, the Americans who run Iraq have almost no contact with the country or its people.
    By Jen Banbury February 20, 2004

  • Blaster and the great blackout

    It's impossible to prove that a malicious worm caused last summer's power outage, but one thing's clear: Ordinary computers are the weakest link.
    By Bruce Schneier December 16, 2003

  • Dumb software for dumb people

    The Windows world is fertile ground for infinite virus plagues, especially when users refuse to take proper care of their computers.
    By Farhad Manjoo August 27, 2003

  • Total Information Awareness: Down, but not out

    Congress may have put the brakes on the most ambitious government surveillance program ever. But for citizens worried about their privacy, TIA still means trouble.
    By Farhad Manjoo January 29, 2003

  • The case of the missing code

    Are al-Qaida terrorists hiding their secrets in eBay photographs?
    By Farhad Manjoo July 17, 2002

  • Can we trust Microsoft's Palladium?

    Critics say Redmond's new security initiative will imprison users. But why would Bill Gates want to do that?
    By Farhad Manjoo July 11, 2002

  • Microsoft's mythical man-years

    The company boasts that it's making Herculean security efforts -- but throwing more people at software problems rarely solves them.
    By Scott Rosenberg April 12, 2002

  • Anti-Trustworthy computing

    Microsoft's new security drive aims to appease Hollywood, comfort consumers and reinvigorate the PC. But will the price for such safety be too high?
    By Paul Boutin April 9, 2002

  • Don't blame it on Reno

    As Congress gears up to point fingers over pre-9/11 intelligence failures, the Clinton attorney general can plead: "I told you so"
    By Jake Tapper January 2, 2002

  • Peer-to-peer terrorism

    Bad news from the Napster wars: The harder you fight against decentralized networks, the more enemies you create.
    By James Grimmelmann September 26, 2001

  • The unfriendly skies

    Airports are reopening, but will anyone get on board after the worst air disaster ever?
    By Damien Cave and Katharine Mieszkowski September 13, 2001

  • The jukebox manifesto

    Record companies should stop worrying about security and start giving people what they really want: Music, anywhere, anytime.
    By Janelle Brown November 13, 2000

  • Is it safe?

    When violence flares and travelers beware, who profits from the scare?
    By Don George November 10, 2000

  • SDMI: We're not hacked yet

    An industry group says its watermarking scheme for digital music has withstood the assault.
    By Janelle Brown November 8, 2000

  • Who cracked Microsoft?

    Many free-software hackers make no attempt to hide their hatred of Bill Gates -- could they be the culprits?
    By Andrew Leonard October 27, 2000

  • Wen Ho Lee's reckless defenders

    The outrage at the government's prosecution of a major security breach highlights liberals' contempt for U.S. interests.
    By David Horowitz October 3, 2000

  • Defanging Carnivore

    A security specialist explains why his open-source version of the FBI's snooping technology is a victory for privacy fans.
    By Sean Dugan September 25, 2000

  • Ain't no network strong enough

    Master cryptographer Bruce Schneier's "Secrets and Lies" explains why computer security is an oxymoron.
    By Brendan I. Koerner August 31, 2000

  • Intel, inside

    The world's largest semiconductor company treats every outsider like a potential spy.
    By Will Wade June 7, 2000

  • Sleeping with the enemy

    While I'm planning security for the IMF demonstrations, my husband is getting thrown in jail. He better not ask me for bail.
    By Lisa Guide April 24, 2000

  • You've got accounts!

    Pranksters exploit a big back door in AOL's Instant Messenger service.
    By David Cassel January 25, 2000

  • The wrong stuff

    In the future, predictions of the future will be as off-base as they've been in the past.
    By Scott Rosenberg January 7, 2000
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