Bruce Schneier og andre om sikkerhet i disse tider

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Mr. Schneier, som flere av oss i IT kjenner godt til, har som vanlig en god del gode meninger om sikkerhet.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/12/29/schneier.air.travel.security.theater/index.html

Last week's attempted terror attack on an airplane heading from Amsterdam to Detroit has given rise to a bunch of familiar questions.

How did the explosives get past security screening? What steps could be taken to avert similar attacks? Why wasn't there an air marshal on the flight? And, predictably, government officials have rushed to institute new safety measures to close holes in the system exposed by the incident.

...og nå har selv The Economist noen meninger på området.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2009/12/the_latest_on_flight_253

IN THE WAKE of Friday's attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, the people who run America's airport security apparatus appear to have gone insane. Despite statements from several officials, including Janet Napolitano, the secretary of homeland security, that there is "no indication" of any broader plot against American airliners, some truly absurd security "precautions" are being implemented on US-bound flights worldwide

Verdt å lese, og for nerdene, Slashdot har en del bra kommentarer på saken.

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/29/1436254/Bruce-Schneier-On-Airport-Security?art_pos=2

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