24/02/18

[Maik]

Irate nonsmokers try different angle

A decade after a ban on smoking in public spaces was voted into law, nonsmokers are growing increasingly irate at authorities for their failure to enforce the measure.

The most recent campaign began in the northern town of Drama, where 770 citizens filed a complaint with a local prosecutor asking for an inquiry into whether police and local and regional authorities are committing a crime by failing to uphold the law.

http://www.ekathimerini.com/226123/article/ekathimerini/news/irate-nonsmokers-try-different-angle

[Maik]

Putting leftover pills back to work
An app in Greece is helping people donate their leftover drugs to those who can't afford to buy them.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-43155451/world-hacks-putting-your-leftover-pills-back-to-work

[Maik]

US border officials haven't properly verified visitor passports for more than a decade
E-passports contain a cryptographic hash of a passport holders' details, designed to make it almost impossible to forge a travel document or steal someone's identity.

US border officials have failed to cryptographically verify the passports of visitors to the US for more than a decade -- because the government didn't have the proper software.

The revelation comes from a letter by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO), who wrote to US Customs and Border Protection (CPB) acting commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan to demand answers.

E-passports have an electronic chip containing cryptographic information and machine-readable text, making it easy to verify a passport's authenticity and integrity. That cryptographic information makes it almost impossible to forge a passport, and it helps to protect against identity theft.

Introduced in 2007, all newly issued passports are now e-passports. Citizens of the 38 countries on the visa waiver list must have an e-passport in order to be admitted to the US.

But according to the senators' letter, sent Thursday, border staff "lacks the technical capabilities to verify e-passport chips."

http://www.zdnet.com/article/us-border-officials-havent-been-properly-verifying-visitor-passports-for-over-a-decade/

[Maik]

Elon Musk Establishes Tesla Hub in Greece

Elon Musk’s Tesla, the US giant specializing in electric cars, energy storage and solar panel manufacturing has reportedly set up Tesla Greece, which would lead to the establishment of a R&D center in Athens.

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/02/24/elon-musk-establishes-tesla-hub-in-greece/