Monday, October 30, 2006

RFID Journal - Germany's BKA Uses RFID to Test Criminal-ID Software - RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Technology News & Features Oct. 30, 2006--Germany's Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), or Federal Criminal Investigation Office, is using RFID as part of a test of facial-recognition software. The trial began this month and will last until January. The country's Federal Ministry of the Interior authorized the test in mid-February, which is being held in the main railway station in Mainz, a city not far from Frankfurt. The project gained new relevance in August when police foiled a plot to blow up regional trains in Germany. Video monitoring of passengers in train stations played a key role in identifying the attempted terrorists. 2:26:42 PM  PermaLink   / trackback []

Feds Leapfrog RFID Privacy Study. Feds Leapfrog RFID Privacy Study. A Homeland Security advisory panel finds serious privacy and security problems with RFID. But the report is stalled, while the government rolls out new ID cards using the controversial technology. By Ryan Singel. [Wired News: Security Blanket] 2:24:04 PM  PermaLink   / trackback []

Seagate Readies Secure Drive. Seagate Readies Secure Drive. Automatically encrypted Momentus is aimed at laptops containing sensitive data. [PC World: Latest Technology News] 2:21:06 PM  PermaLink   / trackback []

Old Flaw Haunts New Microsoft Browser. Old Flaw Haunts New Microsoft Browser. Security firm reports a second glitch in newly-released Internet Explorer 7. [PC World: Latest Technology News] 2:19:52 PM  PermaLink   / trackback []

Copyright Office delays triennial DMCA ruling. Copyright Office delays triennial DMCA ruling. The US Copyright Office has delayed its ruling in the triennial rulemaking to determine exemptions to the DMCA[base ']s ban on circumventing technological protection measures, instead extending the current set of exemptions for the near future. The Copyright Office website provides no reason for the delay. All we know now is that the Register of Copyrights has not produced a set of recommended exemptions and that the delay is expected to last [base "]no more than a few weeks[per thou] (pdf). 17 USC 1201(a)(1) prohibits the circumvention of a [base "]technological measure that effectively controls access to a [copyrighted] work.[per thou] Except for a list of narrow exemptions, it is illegal to hack through such copyright-protecting technologies, popularly referred to as [base "]digital rights management[per thou] or [base "]DRM.[per thou] Some of the exemptions are permantly encoded elsewhere in section 1201. The Copyright Office determines another set of temporary exemptions that last for three years. For more on this process, follow the first link or read this paper. read more [Public Knowledge - Policy Blog] 2:18:41 PM  PermaLink   / trackback []

'Legalise home taping' - think tank shock 'Legalise home taping' - think tank shock. Forward thinking The centre-left think tank the Institute of Public Policy today published its long-awaited report into intellectual property issues in the UK. [The Register - Internet and Law: Digital Rights/Digital Wrongs] 2:05:06 PM  PermaLink   / trackback []

Greek blogger arrest infuriates world. Greek blogger arrest infuriates world. Worst possible timing for over-zealous police The arrest of a blogger by Greek police just days before Athens hosts the inaugural meeting of the Internet Governance Forum has left the blogosphere in uproar and the authorities with egg on their face. [The Register - Internet and Law: Digital Rights/Digital Wrongs] 2:03:36 PM  PermaLink   / trackback []