Profiling for Terrorists Catches Techie

London Police arrested David Mery, computer and telecoms enthusiast and former editor of EXE for suspicious behaviour including wearing a rucksack containing a laptop and fiddling with a mobile while waiting for the tube. David comments, "at least I'm still alive".

Meanwhile, Hong Kong Police are making careful security preparations for the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization, to be held in Wan Chai in December. Wan Chai also contains two busy computer malls, the offices of numerous technology companies and an MTR station. Naturally, the Police are liasing with their counterparts in other countries, including Britain. Hopefully that means learning from their mistakes, not simply applying the same, flawed methods.