Showing posts with label security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label security. Show all posts
Thursday, April 15, 2010

Yahoo, Feds Battle Over E-Mail Privacy

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From Threat Level: Yahoo and federal prosecutors in Colorado are embroiled in a privacy battle that’s testing whether the Constitution’s war...
Monday, March 8, 2010

Video: Boeing 747 Withstands Simulated What-If Underwear Bomber Blast

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From Popular Science: The bomb blast was meant to gauge what might have happened if the Flight 253 suicide bomber succeeded. An explosion ab...
Thursday, January 28, 2010

Airports Could Get Mind-Reading Scanners

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Passengers wait to check in at the Delta Air Lines ticket counter at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago yesterday, when American Ai...
Sunday, January 24, 2010

Quartz Rods Could Provide Instant Bomb Detector

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Destroyed by a TATP bomb (Image: Dylan Martinez/PA archive/PA) From New Scientist: A CHEAP artificial nose promises to make it much easier t...
Friday, January 15, 2010

Airport Security Unlikely To Spot Hard-to-Find Weapons

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Human psychology could be making an airport screener's job even harder, a new study found. Credit: StockXpert From Live Science: When ai...
Friday, January 8, 2010

Crack New Scanner Looks For Bombs Inside Body Cavities

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From The Danger Room: The “underpants bomber” has renewed calls for new and more invasive security measures. Already, there’s a push to inst...
Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Can Full-Body Airport Scanners Harm You?

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The scanners are supposed to be the high-tech version of a physical pat-down. (Credit: TSA) From CNET: Since explosive materials were sneake...
Sunday, January 3, 2010

How To Find Hidden Explosives At Airports

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These images were recorded with millimeter wave technology. Credit: TSA From Technology Review: We already have the technology for discoveri...
Thursday, December 31, 2009

Are New TSA In-Flight Restrictions Pointless?

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Spaceport security was tight in the sci-fi movie Total Recall . Unfortunately, modern-day airport security doesn't have this level of sc...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Would You Be Happy To Take The 'Naked' Body Scan?

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From The Daily Mail: Fears over airport security could leave millions of passengers facing the indignity of a 'naked' body scan and ...
Monday, December 28, 2009

Airport Security: Why It Failed

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From Live Science: Airport screening procedures failed for many reasons to catch the Nigerian man who aimed to blow up flight 253 as it appr...

New, Terrifying, No-Electronics U.S. Flight Security Rules?

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From CNET News: That failed terrorist attack Friday might make international flights a whole lot less enjoyable. Passengers are reporting ...
Thursday, December 24, 2009

New Advances In Airport Screening Technology Will Deter Future Terrorist Attacks

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T-rays can offer a safer, more effective alternative to current airport screeners that employ X-rays. Getty Images New Airport Screeners Cou...
Sunday, December 6, 2009

Tunable Terahertz Lasers Could Allow Airport Scanners To Chemically Analyze Substances

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Lasers for Scanners Uh sir, you're not supposed to have that TriStar Pictures From Popular Science: A new way to tune the width of tera...
Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Airport Body Scans Reveal All

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Millimeter wave technology produces whole body images (woman at left, man at right) that reveal what's under your clothes, including Met...