SecurityGoing to the movies? Prepare to be watched while you watchGaining entry to some movie theaters lately gives patrons an experience that is on par with going through a TSA security checkpoint at the airport. Then once you’ve gained access, there are cameras strategically positioned that record your every move. Unfortunately, the extent to which these companies monitor movie-goers is only going to get worse.  Schneier on SecurityThey’re tracking a college student in Silicon Valley. He’s 20, partially Egyptian, and studying marketing at Mission College. He found the tracking device attached to his car. Near as he could tell, what he did to warrant the FBI’s attention is be the friend of someone who did something to warrant the FBI’s attention. UPDATE 1-Microsoft issues its biggest-ever security fixMicrosoft Corp (MSFT.O) issued its biggest-ever security fix on Tuesday, including repairs to its ubiquitous Windows operating system and Internet browser for flaws that could let hackers take control of a PC. Don’t let airport body scanners see you naked!Flying Pasties aren’t stickers or paper cut-outs. They’re 2mm thick pieces of rubber that adhere to your skin to cover your breasts and genitalia. Foxconn to prevent mass suicidesFoxconn Technology Group showed off a motherboard factory, swimming pool and a hot line center for workers with emotional problems Wednesday as the giant company – maker of iPods and other popular gadgets – tried to repair an image damaged by a spate of employee suicides in China. Why HP Thinks Sensors Will Lead to The Next Big Wave of ComputingEarlier this month I had the chance to visit Hewlett Packard Labs in Palo Alto. I spent my time there talking to a number of senior engineers and scientists about the exciting technology they’re working on, much of it related to the Internet of Things (a trend I’ve paid particularly close attention to over the past 18 months). South Korea vows caution over ship but North sees warSouth Korea said after a rare emergency security meeting on Friday it would respond prudently to the sinking of one of its naval ships by the North, but Pyongyang warned the peninsula was being driven to war. Military and police increasingly swap security gizmosUndercover police spot a suspected suicide bomber apparently about to attack a crowd: They alert a commander, explaining the evidence is inconclusive. iPad Banned By Princeton And Other UniversitiesThe iPad is not ready for some universities, Dow Jones reports. George Washington University and Princeton are rejecting the iPad, citing security issues, according to Dow Jones. Cornell University is seeing connectivity issues. GW says its wireless network’s security features don’t let the iPad, or iPhone or iPod touch connect. Dow Jones says Princeton blocked 20% of iPads from its network when it realized malfunctions could screw up the school’s computer system. Maybe there’s something to Israel’s plan to ban to the iPad, after all? NSA Director Says Cyber Command Not Trying to Militarize CyberspaceNSA Director Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander tells senators the U.S. Cyber Command aims to protect the privacy of American citizens despite the uncharted legal territory in cyberspace. Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander told the Senate Armed Services Committee April 15 that he would work to protect the privacy rights of Americans—even as he noted the amount of uncharted territory in cyber-law. Currently director of the National Security Agency, Alexander has been nominated by President Obama to head the U.S. Cyber Command. The Cyber Command is a subordinate unified command under the U.S. Strategic Command, and was created in 2009 to protect Department of Defense networks and coordinate the country’s cyber-warfare operations.
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