Tag Archives: travel

BBC News – US airports still vulnerable to attacks, says lawmaker

The TSA is so effec­tive it’s ineffective.

July 13, 2011 – 8:40 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics, Quick Posts, Security | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

Journal of Transportation Security – An evaluation of airport x-ray backscatter units based on image characteristics

Yet another rea­son for why the backscat­ter machines need to be inde­pen­dently tested.

December 11, 2010 – 4:07 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics, Quick Posts, Science, Security, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

how to build the worst place in the world – the sieve and the sand

Boston, the worst place in world.

February 27, 2010 – 3:53 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Random | Tagged , , | Comments Off

German TV on the Failure of Full-Body Scanners – Schneier on Security

The argu­ment couldn’t be more summed up in a sin­gle sentence.

January 23, 2010 – 5:24 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Security | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

ScottEVest’s – Awesomeness In A Single Jacket

Review of Scot­tEVests — awe­some jack­ets to carry around every­thing you own.

January 3, 2010 – 10:40 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Product Review | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

TSA May Increase Travel Restrictions

TSA should no respond blindly to a sin­gle inci­dent by restring all move­ment on an air­line dur­ing the final hour of a flight.

December 26, 2009 – 3:12 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Security | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

Moving Is Environmentally Unfriendly

This became really obvi­ous to me today mov­ing my girl­friend to her new place. Just the sheer amount of junk thrown out is crazy. And it wasn’t just her, it was every­body, from elec­tron­ics and posters to even vac­uum clean­ers and plas­tic bins and all kinds of food. Mov­ing just from the basis of the …

August 3, 2008 – 11:05 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Random | Tagged , , , | Comments Off