The problems with security that used biometric data (like fingerprints) are 1) we have too much faith in it, and 2) it doesn’t “fail” well.
If you lose your driver’s license, you get a new one. What do you do if somebody steals your fingerprint?
Here’s a case from Japan of fingerprint alteration.
Happy Thanksgiving.
No holiday here in England. I’m here in Leeds for a conference on The Wire. Good stuff. I gave a speech this morning. Now it’s the evening and I’m hankering for a pint.
…doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you.
The FBI spent 45 years keeping files on Chicago writer and journalist Studs Terkel. And to think this agent provocateur went unwatched for the last 18 years of his life!
After winning one of the worst Supreme Court decisions in my lifetime, Pfizer is pulling out of New London, Conn. They’re leaving a vacant lot where they worked hard to destroy a neighborhood. Of course it’s not just Pfizer’s fault. Who knows what shady deals got the local city officials behind it?
The court decision, Kelo v. New London, said basically that the the government can take your property and give it to a privatedeveloper. It greatly expanded the right of eminent domain.
The good news is that in response to the court case many states have passed laws against such egregious abuse of government power. Too bad my state (NY) isn’t one of them.
Here’s the story in the New York Times.
The story in the NYT.
It’s a Greek thing.
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That seemed to be the recipe. The story by Patrice O’Shaughnessy in the NY Daily News.
Seriously. My wife’s cookbook is officially out today. Co-authored with Tamara Reynolds. Forking F-ing Fantastic!Go buy it. Seriously. Come on… I don’t ask much of you.
John Jay College pretty much closes for nothing (Jewish holidays excepted). We’ve never had a snow day since I’ve been there. I’m not even certain if classes were canceled on Sept 11, 2001. So this came as a major surprise.
Classes in North Hall are canceled. Luckily, I rarely enter North Hall. My classes continue as scheduled.
Bedbug are a big problem here in NYC. I’ve never had them (knock on wood), I’d like to keep it that way.