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'Fundamentally flawed, almost certainly illegal': Gov't databases
News One of the report's authors, Ross Anderson, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK that, if used in conjunction with each other, the databases could have a serious impact on citizens' privacy. It's the... [23 Mar 2009]
Barclays cards make contact with RFID tech
News Researchers Ross Anderson, Saar Drimer and Murdoch published a paper on Thursday detailing security flaws in the Chip Authentication Programme (CAP) used for UK payments cards. As of yesterday, Barclays... [03 Mar 2009]
Stolen ePassports 'worth £20m' on black market
News Professor of security engineering at Cambridge University Ross Anderson said: "This all goes to show how unwise it would be to rely on the UK government for all authentication. A van carrying about 3,000... [29 Jul 2008]
ID cards: The "surveillance society" risk
News In the report Ross Anderson, a security expert from Cambridge University, also warns that biometrics can easily be stolen by organised gangsters. The national ID card database must not be used to turn... [09 Jun 2008]
Box-tickers risk serious data breaches
Comment Simply throwing a firewall at your system won't cut it, says Ross Anderson, professor of security engineering at Cambridge University's computer laboratory. Life would be simple if curing security... [28 Mar 2008]
'Tamper-proof' chip and PIN terminals hacked
News Saar Drimer and Steven Murdoch, overseen by Professor Ross Anderson, managed to hack two widely used PIN terminals: the Ingenico i3300 and the Dione Xtreme. Professor Anderson, talking... [27 Feb 2008]
Opinion: Why I fear joined-up government
Comment At the forthcoming e-Crime Congress in March, this is a subject which will be examined by Cambridge University professor Ross Anderson and information commissioner Richard Thomas, who has already warned... [18 Jan 2007]
Patients get NHS e-record opt out
News But Ross Anderson, professor of security engineering at the Cambridge University Computer Lab, warned the system is still potentially "unsafe" because personal information will be made available to a... [18 Dec 2006]
NHS IT refresh to face independent inquiry
News Professor Ross Anderson of Cambridge University attended last week's meeting, where he expressed his concerns about the NPfIT. A total of 23 computer science academics wrote to Granger earlier this month... [25 Apr 2006]
Computer scientists call for rethink of NHS IT
News The academics include some of the best known names in computer science in the UK, such as Professor Ross Anderson, an expert in security; Professor Ewart Carson, a healthcare technology expert at the... [11 Apr 2006]
Ross Anderson
AS Profile Cambridge University cryptography researcher Ross Anderson is a respected voice within the IT security industry and something of a thorn in the side of anybody who would ever take risks with public... [23 Sep 2005]
Europe mulls IP rights law for software
News Ross Anderson, the chair of the Foundation for Information Policy Research, said the proposed directive could help SCO or other companies in future IP infringement cases against open source software.... [02 Aug 2005]
Snooping fears ease as draconian rule dies a death
News Despite being opposed to crypto controls when unseating the Tories in 1997 the Labour party changed its tune once in power and succumbed to requests from the US to push once more to get such measures in place, according to... [24 May 2005]
BSA slams lack of action over piracy
News But Ross Anderson, the chair of the Foundation for Information Policy Research and a professor at Cambridge University, dismissed the study as 'scaremongering'. Anderson claimed that the... [19 May 2005]
Cyber-terror plan panned as "barmy"
News Addressing whether the claims of mi2g should be regarded as genuine cause for concern, leading computer science academic, Ross Anderson, from Cambridge University, told silicon.com: "The use of the word... [09 Feb 2005]
