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I understand his frustration, but this is extreme: When police asked Cryptopay what could have motivated Salonen to send the company a pipe bomb or, rather, two pipe bombs, which is what investigators found when they picked apart the explosive package the only thing the company could think of was that it had declined his request for a… Continue reading Mailing Tech Support a Bomb
Daphne Caruana Galizia was a Maltese journalist whose anti-corruption investigations exposed powerful people. She was murdered in October by a car bomb. Galizia used WhatsApp to communicate securely with her sources. Now that she is dead, the Maltese police want to break into her phone or the app, and find out who those sources were. One journalist reports: Part of… Continue reading Daphne Caruana Galizia’s Murder and the Security of WhatsApp
The Department of Homeland Security is rumored to be considering extending the current travel ban on large electronics for Middle Eastern flights to European ones as well. The likely reaction of airlines will be to implement new traveler programs, effectively allowing wealthier and more frequent fliers to bring their computers with them. This will only exacerbate the divide between the… Continue reading Extending the Airplane Laptop Ban
Moth-powered robotics could come to replace drug sniffing dogs. Continue reading Horny Moths Can Pilot Robots
A sniff-action scent detector could smell bombs 16 times better than a dog. Continue reading How 3D-Printed Dog Noses Can Improve Bomb Detectors
This seems to be a first. EDITED TO ADD (7/10): Another article. EDITED TO ADD (7/12): And another article. EDITED TO ADD (7/16): Several views…. Continue reading Dallas Police Use a Robot to Kill a Person
Really interesting article on the difficulties involved with explosive detection at airport security checkpoints. Abstract: The mid-air bombing of a Somali passenger jet in February was a wake-up call for security agencies and those working in the field of explosive detection. It was also a reminder that terrorist groups from Yemen to Syria to East Africa continue to explore innovative… Continue reading Detecting Explosives
At the last match of the year for Manchester United, someone found a bomb in a toilet, and security evacuated all 75,000 people and canceled the match. Turns out it was a fake bomb left behind after a recent training exercise…. Continue reading Unforeseen Costs of Security Training
A local newspaper recently tested airport security at Memphis Airport: Our crew sat for 30 minutes in the passenger drop-off area Tuesday without a word from anyone, and that raised a number of eyebrows. Certainly raised mine. Here’s my question: why is that a bad thing? If you’re worried about a car bomb, why do you think length of time… Continue reading Memphis Airport Inadvertently Gets Security Right