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A Merry Christmas to all Bankers
As some of you may know the chip you may have on your debit and/or credit card isn't really secure... although that may be improving. It seems that the banker's response was to attempt censorship of this, but the it seems that Cambridge University where this research was done is striking back and refusing to drop publication of this information.
I'm confused. On one hand, according to a TSA spokesperson, there's ""no information related to any specific or imminent threat." On the other hand, this is described as based on "based on intelligence." Given this is airport security, "intelligence" can't refer to anything smart, non-idiotic, etc... you need to look to other defitions of the word. Thus, is this based on a specific threat or not?
How Critical Thinking Saves Faith
"Fuller Seminary recently conducted a study on teens who become leavers in college. ... the most decisive factor is whether students had a safe place to work through their doubts and questions before leaving home."
Many High Schools Offering “Computer Science” Really Aren’t
No kidding...