Schneier on Security.

Bruce Schneier is a security technologist and author keeping a critical eye on biometric developments and flaws. His blog, Schneier on Security, is a great place to stay abreast of news on these issues.

Here is an excerpt from his book Beyond Fear that relates to my earlier post about the Malaysian man who lost his finger to car thieves:

Someone might think: "I am worried about car theft, so I will buy an expensive security device that makes ignitions impossible to hot-wire." That seems like a reasonable thought, but countries such as Russia, where these security devices are commonplace, have seen an increase in carjackings. A carjacking puts the driver at a much greater risk; here the security countermeasure has caused the weakest link to move from the ignition switch to the driver. Total car thefts may have declined, but drivers' safety did, too.