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Jeff Taylor | February 16, 2003

Leading scientific journals announce that they will omit data from research papers which might be of use to terrorists. What such deadly info might look like is an admitted tough call. One expert says he'll use a version of the obscenity test.

"You know it when you see it," said Ronald Atlas, president of the American Society of Microbiology.

Comments

Sean Kirby|2.16.03 @ 5:43AM|#

In a suprise move, Microsoft announces they will pull all future copies of "Flight Simulator" from the shelves, citing fears of possible use by terrorists.

pedro|2.16.03 @ 8:30AM|#

Don't forget chemistry and physics classes...

Robert Hutchinson|2.16.03 @ 9:08AM|#

And math. Can't make a decent bomb without math.

|2.16.03 @ 9:20AM|#

This month's Crypto-Gram has a good essay of the security you get from real security versus the security provided by secrets. It's one of Schneier's favorite topics.

Mark S.|2.17.03 @ 7:48AM|#

So does that mean Academics will need security clearence before they subject research to peer review?

|2.17.03 @ 9:28AM|#

Most Americans are too ignorant of math and science to know what to do with the information anyway.