Crypto-Gram Newsletter, August 15, 2008

Aug 15, 2008, 15:32 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Bruce Schneier)

"True Dilbert story: "I was leaving on a Friday afternoon with my laptop in hand (not in the case) and was stopped by security and told that I cannot take the laptop with me and that it had to be inside a bag...."

"...Whenever I write about software liabilities, many people ask about free and open source software. If people who write free software, like Password Safe, are forced to assume liabilities, they will simply not be able to and free software would disappear."

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