Last summer I mentioned how useful it is to have elevation maps of crime for a neighborhood; it helps residents and visitors easily review safety data to better understand their surroundings. A site just launched called police.uk is a good alternate view. They use bubble size instead of elevation. You can search crime data for … Continue reading Crime View for Google Maps by UK Police
The following video from November of 2009 shows the Police and TSA agents continuously tell a passenger to put down his video camera at Albuquerque International Airport. When the passenger asks for clarification the authorities give no explanation but instead surround him and arrest him on the charge of concealing his identity (refusing to give … Continue reading TSA Rules Successfully Challenged: No ID Required, Photos Allowed
A safety test mistake by Volkswagen has forced their dealers to provide old cars to new owners, thus creating a compliance anecdote …dealers aren’t fixing the VW’s, since there isn’t actually anything to fix. And they aren’t giving affected Beetle owners safer cars that have been crash tested at a higher speed. Customers will be … Continue reading VW Beetles Snagged by Safety Rule
The PCI Council seems to suggest in today’s Assessor Update that extensive use of MD5 is a reason not to prohibit its use: …the PCI DSS and PA-DSS do not explicitly prohibit the use of MD5, acknowledging the prevalence of MD5 as a cryptographic technology in the marketplace. Additionally, it may be possible to mitigate … Continue reading PCI Council Does Not Ban MD5