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• mackenzi commented on Mining email traffic for bad omens
  Meeting people on the Internet is like talking with Ouiji board spirits. How about a Ouiji board program? I don't want to use it or go, but......
• Nadreck commented on Mining email traffic for bad omens
  Back in the days before the Information Super Highway, Old School spies used to have to communicate by radio. Even if you couldn't break their codes and cyphers you could tell a lot about what they were up to by analysing the traffic patterns in their broadcasts. The RCMP pioneered the statistical analysis methodologies for doing this in the Cold War....
• MightyMatt commented on Schneier: Fix US airport security by making TSA more transparent
  @17 And what would you guys have them do? I would like them to post numbers that prove that the tactics they use work. If the TSA can conclusively say that all that they do has significantly improved our safety, then I, personally, will back off, and I'd bet a lot of other people would too. These numbers need to be in terms of "terrorists caught" and not "pocket knives confiscated" though, to be regarded....
• xopl commented on Schneier: Fix US airport security by making TSA more transparent
  Anonymous, "Obama will handle the actual reaction, and I trust him to do it...that's what we elected him to do. If he needs to temporarily suspend some limited rights, that's fine with me. There are no rights for dead people." Wrong. You lose....
• Lucifer commented on Schneier: Fix US airport security by making TSA more transparent
  Airports were designed to permit families and friends to be present at the arriving docking gates to welcome or say goodbye to travelers. Today's new regulations work against the intended design by keeping the population at the main ticketing lobby. The dissonance between the design v. the actual use of airports is what makes air travel a less enjoyable experience....