No biometric scanning in public areas

These are the first steps being taken in the rest of Europe to limit the ability of governments, governmental agencies and organisations to biometrically scan their innocent citizens as they walk down the street. The European Parliament Voted to Ban Remote Biometric Surveillance – Schneier on Security

So Facebook is down. So what!

However here is a [pretty] simple explanation why – with notes and software steps. Facebook Outage: Yes, its DNS (sort of). A super quick analysis of what is going on. (sans.edu) Bruce Schneier had this to say about the outage: Facebook Is Down – Schneier on Security

VPN advice

Bruce Schneier’s blog today is pointing at a useful reference document about VPNs. It is produced the The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) both United States agencies and it is targeted at a US audience but it still contains a useful set of …