crime in comment and analysis
Editor's Blog: An everyday tale of e-crime
Comment How can a fraudster feel threatened if there is no one you can report his crime to? What it is calling for is a dedicated cyber-crime police unit to lead investigation in this area. Is... [13 Mar 2008]
Dear silicon.com... data guardians, not so "killer" mobile apps, Vista on sale…
Comment This simple anti-crime measure would protect us from anyone with "specialist knowledge. Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. [06 Mar 2008]
Why no united front on cyber crime?
Comment The threat of terrorism is soaking up funds badly needed to combat cyber crime. The urgent question we need to answer - whether at conference, government, business or law-enforcement level - is does any effective... [27 Feb 2008]
Editor's Blog: Lords above!
Comment Their other suggestions included increasing resources for the police to deal with internet-based crime, and allowing victims of online card fraud to report to the police - rather than to the banks which seem reluctant to... [27 Feb 2008]
Legal Eye: Is it wise to hit ISPs over file-sharing?
Comment A catalyst for crime? Politicians are threatening ISPs with penalties if illegal downloading doesn't stop. But legal liability cannot rest solely on ISPs' shoulders, argues lawyer Simon Levine. To do so would undermine a... [22 Feb 2008]
Dear silicon.com... HMRC search costs, Vista SP1 moans and fingerprints for visas…
Comment The only reason to get the police involved at all would be if it were suspected a crime had been committed. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how... [17 Jan 2008]
Filtering's ding-dong fight with malicious spam
Comment In some cases the connection to crime is explicit. Attempts by governments and police to stop spam at its source have proved futile. But as the threat has evolved, so have the filtering techniques that help ensure spam... [10 Dec 2007]
On-demand software can help banks avoid fines
Comment The crackdown on financial crime has opened up opportunities for vendors to produce applications that automatically keep banks compliant with changing regulations. Carol Wheatcroft argues that hosted services offer a... [01 Nov 2007]
Q&A: Bruce Schneier, CTO of BT Counterpane
Comment Security expert Bruce Schneier is well-known for his candid views on the security industry - one of the reasons he was named as one of this year's Agenda Setters.silicon.com caught up with Schneier at the RSA Conference Europe 2007 to... [23 Oct 2007]
Kim Cameron
AS Profile With online crime and fraud on the rise, Microsoft's Vista incorporates a lot of the technology that Cameron has been overseeing and which is being promoted as a major advantage of the new operating system. [12 Oct 2007]
Bruce Schneier
AS Profile Recent topics on the Schneier blog include how to eavesdrop on a fibre optic cable, "idiotic" cryptography reporting and his opinions on why London's security cameras don't reduce crime. Bruce Schneier appears on this... [12 Oct 2007]
Leader: How to put out the fires of ID fraud
Leader Equally, when a crime is committed companies also need to be able to report it to police who will act on the information - although that is a separate issue. And so it's a welcome move that MPs in the All Party Group on... [08 Oct 2007]
Dear silicon.com... modern malware, Vista sales, Bluetooth ads...
Comment As we saw with yesterday's announcments on phone records, this government wants to track and record every aspect of our lives, and hand it out to almost anyone who asks, all in the name of anti-terrorism and anti-crime. [04 Oct 2007]
Escape the data management minefield
Comment Yet recent reports saw Home Secretary Jacqui Smith flouting Data Protection (1998) laws by letting the Metropolitan Police use automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) data for crime-fighting purposes. [13 Sep 2007]
Steve Ranger's Notebook: Don't let sleeping data dogs lie
Comment Opponents of such a law say it might impede police investigations - but the Californian law allows for notifications to be delayed if crime agencies think disclosure might hamper their attempts to catch the bad guys. [04 Sep 2007]
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