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26 or younger? Temple St Hospital has your DNA.
I’m surprised I haven’t seen any Facebook pwotest gwoups or Twatterfests about this subject. In a nutshell, a hospital in Dublin is storing a blood sample, name, address, date of birth, hospital of birth and test result from nearly every … Continue reading
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This is a stupid game; we should stop playing it.
On post-underwear-bomber airport security, as ever Bruce Schneier sets the fluff aside and gets to the point: It’s magical thinking: If we defend against what the terrorists did last time, we’ll somehow defend against what they do one time. Of … Continue reading
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DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated
This is going around the security networks, but it’s kind of important to everyone else too. Note my emphasis in the quote. New York Times: Scientists in Israel have demonstrated that it is possible to fabricate DNA evidence, undermining the … Continue reading
Revenue Bouncy Castles
When renewing my Revenue On-Line Service digital certificate, I was presented with the following: In order to renew your ROS digital certificate, ROS requires that you run third-party software provided by the Legion of the Bouncy Castle. The Legion of … Continue reading
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Bord Gáis Muppets
Since nobody else has asked yet: What in fuck’s name was that data doing on a laptop? Some 75,000 Bord Gais customers have been warned to monitor their bank accounts for suspicious transactions after a laptop computer containing their account … Continue reading
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Tesco Credit Card Security
An open letter to Tesco and the Financial Regulator. CC: Financial Regulator, Dublin 2 CC: Tesco Ireland, Gresham House, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin CC: Tesco Customer Service, PO Box 73, Baird Avenue, Dundee DD1 9NF CC: Tesco Card Center, PO Box … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Education, Security, Telephony
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The Met Brother gets Bigger and Bigger
I don’t envy my sister in London, having to deal with the social problems this kind of idiocy propogates. The people responsible for commissioning and approving this should be forced to read 1984 a hundred times, Brazil style. (Click for … Continue reading
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5 laptops stolen from HSE this year
More uncrypted laptops, this time with health information on them. How many more do Gov.ie need before they put laws in place to require encryption, immediate notification, etc? Irish Examiner: FIVE laptops have been stolen from the Health Service Executive … Continue reading
Oyster Card Cracked
NXP sues to silence Oyster researchers Chipmaker NXP, formerly Philips Semiconductors, is taking Dutch Radboud University to court on Thursday to prevent researchers publishing their controversial report on the Mifare Classic chip. Recently researchers from Radboud University in Nijmegen revealed … Continue reading
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