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for its continued sponsorship.
In this issue:
  • The Skein Hash Function (pronounce: SKAIN)
  • Me and the TSA
  • Quantum Cryptography
  • The Economics of Spam
  • The Psychology of Con Men
  • Movie-Plot Threat: Terrorists Using Twitter
  • Giving Out Replacement Hotel Room Keys
  • P = NP?
from the November 15, 2008 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage

In this issue:
  • The Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Terrorists
  • The Two Classes of Airport Contraband
  • The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
  • NSA's Warrantless Eavesdropping Targets Innocent Americans
  • Taleb on the Limitations of Risk Management
  • "New Attack" Against Encrypted Images
  • Nonviolent Activists Are Now Terrorists
  • Does Risk Management Make Sense?
from the October 15, 2008 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Direct download: crypto-gram-08-10.mp3
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In this issue:
  • New Book: Schneier on Security
  • Identity Farming
  • BT, Phorm, and Me
  • Security ROI
  • Diebold Finally Admits its Voting Machines Drop Votes
  • Full Disclosure and the Boston Fare Card Hack
  • Contest: Cory Doctorow's Cipher Wheel Rings
  • Photo ID Checks at Airport
  • Mental Illness and Murder
  • Movie-Plot Threats
from the September 15, 2008 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
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In this issue:
  • Memo to the Next President
  • TSA Proud of Confiscating Non-Dangerous Item
  • Homeland Security Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Hacking Mifare Transport Cards
  • Information Security and Liabilities
  • Software Liabilities and Free Software
  • Congratulations to Our Millionth Terrorist!
  • TrueCrypt's Deniable File System
  • The DNS Vulnerability
from the August 15, 2008 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Direct download: crypto-gram-08-08.mp3
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In this issue:
  • CCTV Cameras
  • Kill Switches and Remote Control
  • LifeLock and Identity Theft
  • The First Interdisciplinary Workshop on Security and Human Behavior
  • The Truth About Chinese Hackers
  • Man-in-the-Middle Attacks
from the July 15, 2008 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Direct download: crypto-gram-08-07.mp3
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In this issue:
  • The War on Photography
  • Crossing Borders with Laptops and PDAs
  • E-Mail After the Rapture
  • Fax Signatures
  • The War on T-Shirts
  • More on Airplane Seat Cameras
  • How to Sell Security
from the June 15, 2008 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Direct download: crypto-gram-08-06.mp3
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In this issue:
  • Happy Ten-Year Anniversary
  • Dual-Use Technologies and the Equities Issue
  • Crossing Borders with Laptops and PDAs
  • Third Annual Movie-Plot Threat Contest Winner
  • The RSA Conference
  • Risk Preferences in Chimpanzees and Bonobos
  • The Doghouse: Passwordsafe.com
  • The Ethics of Vulnerability Research
  • Our Data, Ourselves
from the May 15, 2008 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Direct download: crypto-gram-08-05.mp3
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In this issue:
  • Third Annual Movie-Plot Threat Contest
  • The Security Mindset
  • The Feeling and Reality of Security
  • Web Entrapment
  • Speeding Tickets and Agenda
  • Seat Belts and Compensating Behavior
  • Internet Censorship
from the April 15, 2008 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Direct download: crypto-gram-08-04.mp3
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In this issue:
  • Privacy and Power
  • Israel Implementing IFF System for Commercial Aircraft
  • Third Parties Controlling Information
  • Amtrak to Start Passenger Screening
  • The Doghouse: Drecom
  • Security Products: Suites vs. Best-of-Breed
from the March 15, 2008 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Direct download: crypto-gram-08-03.mp3
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In this issue:
  • Security vs. Privacy
  • MySpace and U.S. Attorneys General Agree to Fight Sexual Predators
  • Anti-Missile Technology on Commercial Aircraft
  • Lock-In
  • Hacking Power Networks
  • Mujahideen Secrets 2
  • TSA News
  • DHS Warns of Female Suicide Bombers
  • Giving Driver's Licenses to Illegal Immigrants
from the February 15, 2008 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Direct download: crypto-gram-08-02.mp3
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In this issue:
  • Anonymity and the Netflix Dataset
  • "Where Should Airport Security Begin?"
  • Airport Security Study
  • My Open Wireless Network
from the January 15, 2008 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Direct download: crypto-gram-08-01.mp3
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In this issue:
  • How to Secure Your Computer, Disks, and Portable Drives
  • Defeating the Shoe Scanning Machine at Heathrow Airport
  • Gitmo Manual Leaked
  • Security in Ten Years
from the December 15, 2007 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Direct download: crypto-gram-07-12.mp3
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