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Low-tech sabotage takes out phone and Internet service in Silicon Valley 04/10/2009

PETER SVENSSON and JASON DEAREN
SAN FRANCISCO - Forget, for a moment, computer viruses and sophisticated cybercrimes. A hacksaw and a few other tools were probably all it took for someone to sever eight fiber-optic cables in Silicon Valley this week, knocking out cell phone, lan...

Chinese snoop on local Skype users, but are they the only ones? 10/02/2008

PETER SVENSSON

International travelers advised to take steps against computer espionage 05/29/2008

BRIAN BERGSTEIN
BOSTON - If you're traveling overseas, try to leave your computer at home. If you must have it, put only a few files on it and leave as many as possible behind. Encrypt the files you do bring.

Q&A with Bruce Schneier 02/24/2008

Expert says security benefits must be weighed against tradeoffs

Bruce Schneier: Security at what cost? 02/24/2008

BRUCE SCHNEIER
National ID system is not worth the $23 billion price tag

Luxury hideaway revels in a quiet world 10/09/2005

Karen Cooper and Bruce Schneier
For us, romantic weekends always seemed to begin with an airplane ride -- until we found Canoe Bay. The secluded inn, just a two-hour drive from the Twin Cities near Chetek, Wis., offers quiet, gracious service and luxurious rooms -- but no teleph...