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Thu, 14 December 2006
Crypto-Gram 15 Dec 2006
In this issue:
  • Revoting
  • Real-World Passwords
  • Tracking People by their Sneakers
  • Notary Fraud
  • Separating Data Ownership and Device Ownership
  • Fighting Fraudulent Transactions
  • Cybercrime Hype Alert
from the December 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Direct download: cyrpto-gram-06-12.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 10:00pm MDT
Tue, 14 November 2006
Crypto-Gram 15 Nov 2006
In this issue:
  • Voting Technology and Security
  • More on Electronic Voting Machines
  • The Inherent Inaccuracy of Voting
  • The Need for Professional Election Officials
  • Perceived Risk vs. Actual Risk
  • Total Information Awareness Is Back
  • Forge Your Own Boarding Pass
  • The Death of Ephemeral Conversation
  • Airline Passenger Profiling for Profit
  • Architecture and Security
  • The Doghouse: Skylark Utilities
  • Heathrow Tests Biometric ID
  • Please Stop My Car
  • Air Cargo Security
  • Cheyenne Mountain Retired
from the November 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Direct download: crypto-gram-06-11.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 10:00pm MDT
Sat, 14 October 2006
Crypto-Gram 15 Oct 2006
In this issue:
  • Screening People with Clearances
  • Did Hezbollah Crack Israeli Secure Radio?
  • Renew Your Passport Now!
  • Faulty Data and the Arar Case
  • Expensive Cameras in Checked Luggage
  • Facebook and Data Control
  • Indexes to NSA Publications Declassified and Online
  • Pupillometer
  • On-Card Displays
  • Screaming Cell Phones
  • FairUse4WM News
  • Voting Software and Secrecy
  • Torture Bill as C Code
  • The Doghouse: SecureRF
  • Bureau of Industry and Security Hacked
  • University Networks and Data Security
from the October 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Direct download: crypto-gram-06-10.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 10:00pm MDT
Thu, 14 September 2006
Crypto-Gram 15 Sep 2006
In this issue:
  • What the Terrorists Want
  • Details on the British Terrorist Arrest
  • More Than 10 Ways to Avoid the Next 9/11
  • Educating Users
  • Human/Bear Security Trade-Off
  • Land Title Fraud
  • Is There Strategic Software?
  • Media Sanitization and Encryption
  • What is a Hacker?
  • TrackMeNot
  • USBDumper
  • Microsoft and FairUse4WM
from the September 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Direct download: crypto-gram-06-09.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 10:00pm MDT
Mon, 14 August 2006
Crypto-Gram 15 Aug 2006
In this issue:
  • Last Week's Terrorism Arrests
  • Remote-Control Airplane Software
  • Doping in Professional Sports
  • iPod Thefts
  • Security Certifications
  • A Month of Browser Bugs
  • HSBC Insecurity Hype
  • Updating the Traditional Security Model
  • Bot Networks
from the August 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Direct download: cyrpto-gram-06-08.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 10:00pm MDT
Fri, 14 July 2006
Crypto-Gram 15 Jul 2006
In this issue:
  • Economics and Information Security
  • Google and Click Fraud
  • A Minor Security Lesson from Mumbai Terrorist Bombings
  • Getting a Personal Unlock Code for Your O2 Cell Phone
  • The League of Women Voters Supports Voter-Verifiable Paper Trails
  • Brennan Center and Electronic Voting
from the July 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Direct download: cyrpto-gram-06-07.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 10:00pm MDT
Wed, 14 June 2006
Crypto-Gram 15 Jun 2006
In this issue:
  • The Value of Privacy
  • Movie-Plot Threat Contest Winner
  • Diebold Doesn't Understand the Security Threat
  • Hacking Computers Over USB
  • The Doghouse: KRYPTO 2.0
  • Aligning Interest with Capability
from the June 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Direct download: crypto-gram-06-06.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 10:00pm MDT
Sun, 14 May 2006
Crypto-Gram 15 May 2006
In this issue:
  • Movie Plot Threat Contest: Status Report
  • Who Owns Your Computer?
  • Identity-Theft Disclosure Laws
  • When "Off" Doesn't Mean Off
  • RFID Cards and Man-in-the-Middle Attacks
  • Software Failure Causes Airport Evacuation
  • Microsoft's BitLocker
  • The Security Risk of Special Cases
from the May 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Direct download: crypto-gram-06-05.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 10:00pm MDT
Fri, 14 April 2006
Crypto-Gram 15 Apr 2006
In this issue:
  • Movie-Plot Threat Contest
  • Airport Passenger Screening
  • 80 Cameras for 2,400 People
  • VOIP Encryption
  • Security through Begging
  • DHS Privacy and Integrity Report
  • KittenAuth
  • Terrorism Risks of Google Earth
  • New Kind of Door Lock
  • Evading Copyright Through XOR
  • iJacking
  • Security Screening for New York Helicopters
from the April 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Direct download: crypto-gram-06-04.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 10:00pm MDT
Tue, 14 March 2006
Crypto-Gram 15 Mar 2006
In this issue:
  • The Future of Privacy
  • Face Recognition Comes to Bars
  • Security, Economics, and Lost Conference Badges
  • Data Mining for Terrorists
  • Airport Security Failure
  • Police Department Privilege Escalation
  • Database Error Causes Unbalanced Budget
  • Credit Card Companies and Agenda
  • Proof that Employees Don't Care About Security
  • U.S. Port Security and Proxies
from the March 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Direct download: crypto-gram-06-03.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 10:00pm MDT
Tue, 14 February 2006
Crypto-Gram 15 Feb 2006
In this issue:
  • Risks of Losing Portable Devices
  • Multi-Use ID Cards
  • Ben Franklin on the Feeling of Security
  • Valentine's Day Security
  • U.S. Customs Opening International Mail
  • The Failure of US-VISIT
  • Identity Theft in the UK
  • Passlogix Misquotes Me in Their PR Material
  • Privatizing Registered Traveler
  • Security Problems with Controlled Access Systems
  • Countering "Trusting Trust"
  • Security in the Cloud
from the February 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Direct download: crypto-gram-06-02.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 10:00pm MDT
Sat, 14 January 2006
Crypto-Gram 15 Jan 2006
from the January 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage

In this issue:
  • Anonymity and Accountability
  • Cell Phone Companies and Security
  • Dutch Botnet
  • Internet Explorer Sucks
  • Security Notes from All Over: Electronic Shackles and Telephone Communications
  • Insider Threat Statistics
  • Are Computer-Security Export Controls Back?
  • Vehicle Tracking in the UK
  • NSA and Bush's Illegal Eavesdropping
  • The Security Threat of Unchecked Presidential Power
  • Project Shamrock
Direct download: crypto-gram-06-01.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 10:00pm MDT