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Friday Squid Blogging: Stuffed Squid with Chard and Potatoes
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Stuffed Squid with Chard and Potatoes

Looks like a tasty recipe. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered....

I Have Joined the Board of Directors of the Tor Project
From Schneier on Security

I Have Joined the Board of Directors of the Tor Project

This week, I have joined the board of directors of the Tor Project. Slashdot thread. Hacker News thread....

Security Effectiveness of the Israeli West Bank Barrier
From Schneier on Security

Security Effectiveness of the Israeli West Bank Barrier

Interesting analysis: Abstract: Objectives -- Informed by situational crime prevention (SCP) this study evaluates the effectiveness of the "West Bank Barrier" that...

Visiting a Website against the Owner's Wishes Is Now a Federal Crime
From Schneier on Security

Visiting a Website against the Owner's Wishes Is Now a Federal Crime

While we're on the subject of terrible 9th Circuit Court rulings: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has handed down a very important decision on the...

Password Sharing Is Now a Crime
From Schneier on Security

Password Sharing Is Now a Crime

In a truly terrible ruling, the US 9th Circuit Court ruled that using someone else's password with their permission but without the permission of the site owner...

Google's Post-Quantum Cryptography
From Schneier on Security

Google's Post-Quantum Cryptography

News has been bubbling about an announcement by Google that it's starting to experiment with public-key cryptography that's resistant to cryptanalysis by a quantum...

Report on the Vulnerabilities Equities Process
From Schneier on Security

Report on the Vulnerabilities Equities Process

I have written before on the vulnerabilities equities process (VEP): the system by which the US government decides whether to disclose and fix a computer vulnerability...

Anonymization and the Law
From Schneier on Security

Anonymization and the Law

Interesting paper: "Anonymization and Risk," by Ira S. Rubinstein and Woodrow Hartzog: Abstract: Perfect anonymization of data sets has failed. But the process...

Dallas Police Use a Robot to Kill a Person
From Schneier on Security

Dallas Police Use a Robot to Kill a Person

This seems to be a first....

Friday Squid Blogging: How Squids See Color Despite Black-and-White Vision
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: How Squids See Color Despite Black-and-White Vision

It's chromatic aberration. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered....

I'm on an "Adam Ruins Everything" Podcast
From Schneier on Security

I'm on an "Adam Ruins Everything" Podcast

Adam Conover interviewed me on his podcast. If you remember, I was featured on his "Adam Ruins Everything" TV episode on security....

Researchers Discover Tor Nodes Designed to Spy on Hidden Services
From Schneier on Security

Researchers Discover Tor Nodes Designed to Spy on Hidden Services

Two researchers have discovered over 100 Tor nodes that are spying on hidden services. Cory Doctorow explains: These nodes -- ordinary nodes, not exit nodes --...

Hijacking Someone's Facebook Account with a Fake Passport Copy
From Schneier on Security

Hijacking Someone's Facebook Account with a Fake Passport Copy

BBC has the story. The confusion is that a scan of a passport is much easier to forge than an actual passport. This is a truly hard problem: how do you give people...

The Difficulty of Routing around Internet Surveillance States
From Schneier on Security

The Difficulty of Routing around Internet Surveillance States

Interesting research: "Characterizing and Avoiding Routing Detours Through Surveillance States," by Anne Edmundson, Roya Ensafi, Nick Feamster, and Jennifer Rexford...

Good Article on Airport Security
From Schneier on Security

Good Article on Airport Security

The New York Times wrote a good piece comparing airport security around the world, and pointing out that moving the security perimeter doesn't make any difference...

Intellectual Property as National Security
From Schneier on Security

Intellectual Property as National Security

Interesting research: Debora Halbert, "Intellectual property theft and national security: Agendas and assumptions": Abstract: About a decade ago, intellectual property...

"Dogs Raise Fireworks Threat Level to 'Gray'"
From Schneier on Security

"Dogs Raise Fireworks Threat Level to 'Gray'"

Funny: The Department of Canine Security urges dogs to remain on high alert and employ the tactic of See Something, Say Something. Remember to bark upon spotting...

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid-Ink Cocktails
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid-Ink Cocktails

Here's a Corpse Reviver #2 variant with squid ink. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered...

Anti-Paparazzi Scarf
From Schneier on Security

Anti-Paparazzi Scarf

It reflects light....

Interview with an NSA Hacker
From Schneier on Security

Interview with an NSA Hacker

Peter Maas interviewed the former NSA official who wrote the infamous "I Hunt Sysadmins" memo. It's interesting, but I wanted to hear less of Peter Maas -- I already...
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