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a few places (some major airports, in particular) are finally starting to implement the sort of sensible security measures that have been working for years now at international borders and in nations that care about being safe as opposed to merely looking safe.
security guru Bruce Schneier wrote a piece quite a while back calling for these sorts of techniques. eventhough it's taken the mainstream over a year to catch up, i'm pleased that ideas like this are finally finding root.
Schneier describes how human-detection far surpasses computer-aided "profiling" which is a total mess and also almost totally ineffectual.
on a related note, Schneier will be speaking at two events in the near future. i hope to attend both. the one in NJ is near enough to me, but the one in DC will either merit a train ride or a road trip. if enough people feel like coming with, departing from the philadelphia area, i'll make room in my truck and it could be a very economical way to get down and back.
"The Future of Privacy"
Forum on Technology & the Future
Tuesday, May 23 - 9:00 AM
915 15th St. NW, Washington DC, 6th Floor
http://www.aclu.org/privacy/25551res20060512.html
"Cutting Through Hype and Gaining Common-Sense Security"
Keynote Speech at ACLU-NJ conference
Saturday, June 3 - 10:00 AM
University Inn, Douglass Campus, Rutgers - New Burnswick, Conf Room A
https://www.aclu-nj.org/events/aclun...shipconference
[EDIT: fixed links to each speaking event, which were reversed. thanks to virosa for pointing that out]
security guru Bruce Schneier wrote a piece quite a while back calling for these sorts of techniques. eventhough it's taken the mainstream over a year to catch up, i'm pleased that ideas like this are finally finding root.
On December 14, 1999, Ahmed Ressam tried to enter the United States from Canada at Port Angeles, Wash. He had a suitcase bomb in the trunk of his car. A US customs agent, Diana Dean, questioned him at the border. He was fidgeting, sweaty, and jittery. He avoided eye contact. In Dean's own words, he was acting "hinky." Ressam's car was eventually searched, and he was arrested. ... This is "behavioral assessment" profiling.
on a related note, Schneier will be speaking at two events in the near future. i hope to attend both. the one in NJ is near enough to me, but the one in DC will either merit a train ride or a road trip. if enough people feel like coming with, departing from the philadelphia area, i'll make room in my truck and it could be a very economical way to get down and back.
"The Future of Privacy"
Forum on Technology & the Future
Tuesday, May 23 - 9:00 AM
915 15th St. NW, Washington DC, 6th Floor
http://www.aclu.org/privacy/25551res20060512.html
"Cutting Through Hype and Gaining Common-Sense Security"
Keynote Speech at ACLU-NJ conference
Saturday, June 3 - 10:00 AM
University Inn, Douglass Campus, Rutgers - New Burnswick, Conf Room A
https://www.aclu-nj.org/events/aclun...shipconference
[EDIT: fixed links to each speaking event, which were reversed. thanks to virosa for pointing that out]
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