http://dir.salon.com/topics/security/?source=rss&aim=security en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST By Patrick Smith Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/11/14/askthepilot298/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/11/14/askthepilot298/index.html?source=rss Tedium in the age of terror: 9/11, Martin Amis and the real legacy of Mohamed Atta. By Darrell Etherington Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/mac_love/2009/01/27/gently_used_ipod_for_sale_comes_complete_with_military_secrets/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/mac_love/2009/01/27/gently_used_ipod_for_sale_comes_complete_with_military_secrets/index.html?source=rss By John Krich Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/olympics/2008/08/25/scoring/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/olympics/2008/08/25/scoring/index.html?source=rss They get a 9 for pomp and spectacle, but only a 3 for furthering world understanding and a 2 for the fan experience. By Patrick Smith Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/06/27/askthepilot282/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/06/27/askthepilot282/index.html?source=rss Flying isn't much fun, but for now people keep doing it anyway. What can the airlines do to keep their customers happy? By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2008/04/17/password_survey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2008/04/17/password_survey/index.html?source=rss Nearly half of the ladies surveyed were willing to give up their passwords in return for candy. By Darrell Etherington Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/mac_love/2009/01/26/more_mac_viruses_similar_sources_time_to_worry/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/mac_love/2009/01/26/more_mac_viruses_similar_sources_time_to_worry/index.html?source=rss By Patrick Smith Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/07/11/askthepilot283/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/07/11/askthepilot283/index.html?source=rss Propped up by a culture of fear, TSA has become a bureaucracy with too much power and little accountability. Where will the lunacy stop? By Patrick Smith Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/03/28/askthepilot270/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/03/28/askthepilot270/index.html?source=rss When pilots carry guns. Plus: Airport security and yet more TSA brainteasers. By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2008/03/27/safari_windows/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2008/03/27/safari_windows/index.html?source=rss Flaws in the license, flaws in the code. By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2008/02/25/pakistan_censor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2008/02/25/pakistan_censor/index.html?source=rss It looks like a mistake, but it's chilling anyway. By Patrick Smith Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/11/22/askthepilot255/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/11/22/askthepilot255/index.html?source=rss As if long delays and security lines weren't enough to worry about during Thanksgiving travel, now we have to add running out of fuel to the list? By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/11/02/mac_trojan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/11/02/mac_trojan/index.html?source=rss Mac users, it's time to stop being so smug about your machine's perfect safety record. By Patrick Smith Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/11/02/askthepilot252/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/11/02/askthepilot252/index.html?source=rss Has the U.S. met its match in airport-security craziness? Plus: NASA's pilot survey coverup. By Carol Lloyd Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/18/underwire_bra/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/18/underwire_bra/index.html?source=rss Is underwire really a lethal weapon? Airport security apparently thinks so. By Patrick Smith Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/08/10/askthepilot240/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/08/10/askthepilot240/index.html?source=rss What have we come to when foreign airlines tout around-the-world travel that avoids the U.S.? Plus: Make your own airline route maps. And: Wizz Air? By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/08/01/apple_bug_fix/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/08/01/apple_bug_fix/index.html?source=rss Just before researchers were to document the flaw that allowed attackers to take over Apple's phone, the company fixed it. By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/06/04/mcafee/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/06/04/mcafee/index.html?source=rss Security company McAfee says "bearshare" is the world's most dangerous search term. The former congressman from Texas, meanwhile, will do you no harm. By Garrison Keillor Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/09/13/keillor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/09/13/keillor/index.html?source=rss The way to stop terrorists on planes is to encourage passengers to bring loaded firearms aboard. Where's the NRA when you need 'em? By Patrick Smith Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2006/09/08/askthepilot200/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2006/09/08/askthepilot200/index.html?source=rss Why have the airlines, who have the most to lose, been silent as flying becomes an increasingly squalid and unpleasant experience? By Garrison Keillor Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/09/06/keillor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/09/06/keillor/index.html?source=rss It's hard for Americans to visualize our country's collapse. If the president turns out to be a shallow fool, we still expect to survive it. By Orville Schell Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/03/16/press/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/03/16/press/index.html?source=rss Holed up in fortified compounds, at constant risk of death when they venture out, reporters in Iraq are increasingly cut off from the hideous reality outside. By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/01/10/risen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/01/10/risen/index.html?source=rss In his disturbing new book, Times reporter James Risen reveals how George Tenet's gutless surrender to war-obsessed Donald Rumsfeld led to the total breakdown of U.S. intelligence. By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/05/14/id/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/05/14/id/index.html?source=rss Congress just passed an act requiring Americans to carry a national I.D. card. Forget the Big Brother concerns -- security experts say terrorists will figure out how to get them, and warn that your DMV experience will become even more hellish. By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/09/11/cost_of_war/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/09/11/cost_of_war/index.html?source=rss Are we safer after invading Iraq? No. Would we be safer if we'd spent the hundreds of billions the war has cost on improving our own security at home? Yes. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/08/11/wednesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/08/11/wednesday/index.html?source=rss The Olympics haven't officially started, but they've started. Plus: Everybody out of the stadium! And: An interstate home run.