Richard Smith Moves From Privacy To Safety

griffjon writes: "Wired has an article on Richard M. Smith's (the other RMS) retirement from The Privacy Foundation to focus on safety using personal information, saying 'Most citizens, including me, have now put privacy concerns on the back burner. Sept. 11 completely changed everything, and one of the things it changed is that people are far less concerned about what the private sector is doing with information, and far more concerned about what the government is doing to keep them safe.'" I hope that he'll be keeping an eye out for privacy violations regardless.

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Hardware vs. software

[VA Software]

Smith believes the most effective air security system is a low-tech solution: reinforced cockpit doors

So the information expert's recommendation is a hardware solution?

The people that are more knowledgable about such things think Anti-terrorist cockpit doors are dangerous