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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From Schneier on Security
Cyber Weapons vs Nuclear Weapons
Good essay pointing out the absurdity of comparing cyber weapons with nuclear weapons. On the surface, the analogy is compelling. Like nuclear weapons, the most...
From Schneier on Security
DARPA Document: "On Countering Strategic Deception"
Old, but interesting. The document was published by DARPA in 1973, and approved for release in 2007. It examines the role of deception on strategic warning systems...
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Detecting Spoofed Messages Using Clock Skew
Two researchers are working on a system to detect spoofed messages sent to automobiles by fingerprinting the clock skew of the various computer components within...
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Stealing Money from ISPs Through Premium Rate Calls
I think the best hacks are the ones that are obvious once they're explained, but no one has thought of them before. Here's an example: Instagram ($2000), Google...
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Futuristic Cyberattack Scenario
This is a piece of near-future fiction about a cyberattack on New York, including hacking of cars, the water system, hospitals, elevators, and the power grid. Although...
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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....
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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....
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 --...
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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...
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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...
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