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Senate rejects amendment to strip immunity from telecom

2008-02-12 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday defeated an amendment that would take away legal immunity from telecommunications providers that helped the U.S. National Security Agency conduct surveillance on U.S. residents, earning criticism from two civil liberties groups
 
Tags: civil liberties, legal immunity, amendment, providers, criticism, residents, tuesday
 
 
 
 
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U.S. Court Rules that Hashing = Searching

2008-11-05 08:28:17 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Amendment search? (For background on what a "hash" is and why it matters, see here First, the facts. Crist is behind on his rent payments, and his landlord starts to evict him by hiring Sell to remove Crist's belongings and throw them away. Sell comes a cross Crist's computer, and he hands over the computer to his friend Hipple who he knows...
 
Tags: actual hard drive, hard drive, hard, md5 hash, hash, hash values, warrantless forensic examination, agent, forensic examination
 
 
 
 
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2008-01-31 00:00:00 by Editor in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Amendment Right Not to Enter Encryption Passphrase: Can the government force the suspect to enter in his encryption passphrase so the government can view the decrypted files? Or does the Fifth Amendment privilege give the suspect a legal right not to enter in the passphrase? On November 29, Magistrate Judg PCI DSS Compliance Demystified Blog...
 
Tags: enter encryption passphrase, encryption passphrase, security, security paradigm, protect cardholder data, data, webapplication security, passphrase, pci
 
 
 
 
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PGP and the 5th Amendment

2007-12-24 06:49:08 by Editor in Schneier on Security
 
A Vermont federal judge has ruled that a person cannot be compelled by police to divulge his PGP key. This is by no means the end of the legal debate (Orin Kerr comments), but it's certainly good news
 
Tags: orin kerr comments, vermont federal judge, pgp key, ruled, divulge, police, person, legal, news
 
 
 
 
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Why PCI Is Good For Business

2007-12-03 17:16:25 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...amendment of more stringent requirements. Yes, its tough on companies now, and yes, they will often go to the low cost solutions as a result, but raising that bar actually has the potential to improve consumer confidence. Thats the theory anyway. Perhaps in practice well find that the end result is that well stop seeing small hacks and start...
 
Tags: mega huge company-a, huge, pci, security, security directly impacts, company-a, mega huge company-b, company-b, exploit
 
 
 
 
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Myth vs. reality: Wireless SSIDs

2007-10-16 07:08:58 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...amendment (which defines WPA2, discussed later) even states that a computer can refuse to communicate with an access point that doesn't broadcast its SSID. And, even if you think your SSID is hidden, it really isn't. Let me explain All 802.11 wireless networks, regardless of the kind of operating system or encryption you might use, also emit...
 
Tags: simple ssid discovery, network, ssid, wireless network, networks, enterprise networks, wireless networks, mac, secure networks
 
 
 
 
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U.S. Customs Seizing Laptops

2008-02-12 12:23:17 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Amendment. The question of whether border agents have a right to search electronic devices at all without suspicion of a crime is already under review in the federal courts The lawsuit was inspired by two dozen cases, 15 of which involved searches of cellphones, laptops, MP3 players and other electronics. Almost all involved travelers of...
 
Tags: customs, border, border agents, laptop, customs officers, san francisco, strongly recommend, electronic devices, laptops
 
 
 
 
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Privacy advocate, ACLU hit new Virginia privacy law

2008-03-19 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b2070c in Network World on Security
 
A Virginia-based privacy advocate who has been fighting to stop county and state governments from posting public records containing Social Security numbers on their Web sites is now preparing to do battle against an amendment to a Virginia law that bars individuals from disseminating any of those numbers, even if they obtain them legally from...
 
Tags: public records, bars individuals, web sites, social security, stop county, virginia law, privacy, amendment, battle
 
 
 
 
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The Fundamentals of Physical Security

2008-04-24 01:46:53 by Editor in Help Net Security - Articles
 
Deviant Ollam works as a network engineer and security consultant but his strongest love has always been teaching. A supporter of First Amendment rights who believes that the best way to increase secu
 
Tags: amendment rights, security consultant, increase secu, deviant ollam, network engineer, love, supporter
 
 
 
 
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UK's Information Commissioner gets expanded powers in Criminal Justice and Immigration Act -- will be able to impose steep fines on organizations

2008-05-15 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...amendment to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act of 2008, the 1998 DPA was updated to enable the Information Commissioner to impose serious fines on organizations. This change in the UK's data protection law was spurred by a string of high-profile breaches of personally-identifiable information in the U.K. over the last year, including...
 
Tags: information commissioner, information, fines, immigration act, criminal justice, organizations, levy fines, data protection act, large-scale data breach