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• Report: Obama Close to Appointing White House Cybersecurity Chief More than three months after establishing a new White House office for cybersecurity, President Barack Obama may finally be close to appointing someone to oversee it.
• Personal Spy Gear: Is It Ethical? Is It Legal? From disguised video security cams to GPS tracking loggers, personal security is going high-tech. But these gadgets bring up a host of sticky ethical and legal issues.
• Will iPhones Get Tactile Feedback, Fingerprint ID? Nothing gets the rumor mill churning like uncovering Cupertino’s latest patent applications. Get ready for another round of rumors.
• New Travel Rules for High-Tech IDs Take Effect June 1 Starting next week, U.S. customs will accpet a new RFID-enabled passport card that is still raising security concerns.
• Fighter Jet Hack Far From First Government Breach Cyberspies hacked into government computers and gathered data on a next-generation stealth fighter, but it's far from the first U.S. cyber-break in.
• Biometric Passports Agreed to in EU The European Parliament has voted to implement biometric passports in the EU, starting June 29.
• Simple Hack Beats Biometrics In the case of tape vs. biometrics, tape wins -- hands down.
• Laptop Security: Keep the Bad Guys at Bay Joe's laptop computer boasts some advanced security gizmos.