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An apparent terrorist attack against the London Eye and MI6 headquarters has been foiled, according to The Sun newspaper.
According to the tabloid "terrorists tested security by leaving two bags outside the intelligence service building on the Thames at Vauxhall and another at the giant ferris wheel on the South Bank. But the bags – containing small metal weights – were spotted at both iconic targets."
As a result, the terror threat assessment has been upgraded to "severe" and the usual police warnings about how it's not a matter of 'if' but 'when' have been given out.
Scare tactics, the work of a deranged muscle man or a genuine threat? Leave a comment and let us know what you think.
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Hackers in Germany have published thousands of copies of the fingerprints of German minister Wolfgang Schauble, a loud advocate of fingerprint biometrics. Hackers from the Chaos Computer Club lifted a fingerprint from the Interior Minister, printed it on plastic, and distributed it by the thousands with their magazine for anyone who wants to impersonate the Minister at a biometric checkpoint. Short of amputation, a biometric identifier can't be revoked or changed. Schauble is a big proponent of the use of fingerprints in passports but is not the CCC's only target. The group has called for help in obtaining the prints of other German officials, including Chancellor Angela Merkel. The CCC's publication of the fingerprint coincides this week with the presentation of a security researcher who demonstrated a biometric keylogger that can capture digital fingerprints and other digital biometric data as it's transmitted from a scanning device to the server where the information is processed. The hacker can then analyze and re-use the data to subvert biometric systems and gain entry to secured buildings. Hackers in Germany have published thousands of copies of the fingerprints of German... more
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This memo gave the White House the ability to justify torture of terrorist suspects. What about all that talk about us being better than our enemies and being a better people than our enemies? If we resort to torture, don't we lose the moral high ground?
This is a very interesting article, read more at the associated link. This memo gave the White House the ability to justify torture of terrorist suspects.... more
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In a startling new investment in time futures, it seems as though Google can now backdate emails so that you never have to fret about an unsent email. You get ten uses. Any more than that "would cause people to lose faith in the accuracy of time, thus rendering the feature useless."In a startling new investment in time futures, it seems as though Google can now... more
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A massive switch from coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power plants to solar power plants could supply 69 percent of the U.S.’s electricity and 35 percent of its total energy by 2050.
A new direct-current power transmission backbone would deliver solar electricity across the country.
The energy in sunlight striking the earth for 40 minutes is equivalent to global energy consumption for a year.A massive switch from coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power plants to solar power... more
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