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Amid flurry of security-related activity, Schneier action figure launches

By Paul Schmelzer | 01.07.10 | 1:50 pm

-Picture-_5122The Bruce Schneier Action Figure (pictured) we wrote about in November is finally out, just as the noted Twin Cities–based security consultant is seeing a flurry of action following the attempted Christmas day attack on…

Quotes of the year: From slit wrists to www.anybody.com

By Chris Steller | 12.29.09 | 11:16 am

From Michele Bachmann urging fellow healthcare reform opponents to “slit our wrists” to Tony Sertich warning about “www.anybody.com” running wild at the state Capitol, you have the Minnesota Independent to thank — or blame — for foisting these quotations on the world this year.

Crypto-Man! Minnesota’s Schneier to be immortalized as action figure

By Paul Schmelzer | 11.16.09 | 4:21 pm

show_image_in_imgtagshow_image_in_imgtag-1Internationally renowned Twin Cities–based cryptographer, author and security consultant Bruce Schneier reports that he’s being rendered in plastic as an action figure. But priced at $99 (with a $10 online discount), he thinks…

Coleman camp’s claim about January data breach is ‘bullshit,’ tech expert says

By Paul Schmelzer | 03.13.09 | 3:56 pm

Norm Coleman’s campaign has said it has “a high degree of confidence” that late January’s exposure of an unprotected donor database didn’t result in the loss of sensitive data. This week’s news that Wikileaks.org had obtained the 4.3 gigabyte database casts doubt on that statement — and so does Bruce Schneier, the locally based and internationally renowned security expert who calls the claim “complete and utter bullshit.”