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Hacker clones a politicians fingerprint using normal, long-distance public photos
2014-12-29 19:18:48| Extremetech
A member of the Chaos Computer Club has shown that it's possible to reproduce someone's fingerprint, and thus break into systems protected by biometric fingerprint scanners, using just a photo of someone's finger. In this case, the member of the CCC managed to get the fingerprint of Germany's defense minister Ursula von der Leyen from a photo taken a press conference -- which, if the German government uses biometric access control systems, could be a bit of a security breach.
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Climate change will make more politicians into environmentalists
2014-12-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Newsday: By the time the 2016 presidential election formally gets underway, pundits are likely to debate the climate change gap in the same breath as they argue over the gender gap. Voters already have telegraphed elected officials that they need to take global warming seriously, because they do. Or face the consequences at the ballot booth if they don't. Voters, by 57 to 41 percent, believe global warming is serious. Think of this 16-point difference on whether global warming is a major problem as...
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Canada: On pipelines, politicians are just listening to the people
2014-11-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: If you listen closely, you can hear the sound of desperation in the voice of Alberta Premier Jim Prentice when he talks about the Energy East pipeline. One doesn't have to concentrate quite as hard to detect the same anxiety in the words of Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall. Both were taken aback when Ontario and Quebec announced seven conditions for granting approval to the pipeline. One of those includes an assessment of the project's upstream greenhouse gas emissions - which would appear to take...
UK businesses urge politicians to resolve impasse over London airport expansion
2014-11-13 01:00:00| Airport Technology
A number of UK business figures have come together to urge politicians to solve the dispute over the expansion of London's airports.
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Hawaii business executives and politicians applaud U.S.-China visa agreement
2014-11-11 14:19:15| Airlines - Topix.net
A Mandarin-speaking guide leads a group of Chinese visitors on a tour of the USS Missouri in this 2013 file photo. The agreement to extend visas for Chinese visitors to the U.S. drew applause from local business leaders.
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