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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
Michael Ellis as NSA General Counsel
Over at Lawfare, Susan Hennessey has an excellent primer on how Trump loyalist Michael Ellis got to be the NSA General Counsel, over the objections of NSA Director...
From Schneier on Security
On Blockchain Voting
Blockchain voting is a spectacularly dumb idea for a whole bunch of reasons. I have generally quoted Matt Blaze: Why is blockchain voting a dumb idea? Glad you...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Bigfin Squid Found in Australian Waters
A bigfin squid has been found — and filmed — in Australian waters for the first time. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories...
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Inrupt’s Solid Announcement
Earlier this year, I announced that I had joined Inrupt, the company commercializing Tim Berners-Lee’s Solid specification: The idea behind Solid is both simple...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Diplomoceras Maximum
Diplomoceras maximum is an ancient squid-like creature. It lived about 68 million years ago, looked kind of like a giant paperclip, and may have had a lifespanhere...
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Upcoming Speaking Engagements
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking at the (ISC)² Security Congress 2020, November 16, 2020. I’ll be on a panel at the...
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“Privacy Nutrition Labels” in Apple’s App Store
Apple will start requiring standardized privacy labels for apps in its app store, starting in December: Apple allows data disclosure to be optional if all of the...
From Schneier on Security
New Zealand Election Fraud
It seems that this election season has not gone without fraud. In New Zealand, a vote for “Bird of the Year” has been marred by fraudulent votes: More than 1,500...
From Schneier on Security
The Security Failures of Online Exam Proctoring
Proctoring an online exam is hard. It’s hard to be sure that the student isn’t cheating, maybe by having reference materials at hand, or maybe by substituting someone...
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2020 Was a Secure Election
Over at Lawfare: “2020 Is An Election Security Success Story (So Far).” What’s more, the voting itself was remarkably smooth. It was only a few months ago that...
From Schneier on Security
Detecting Phishing Emails
Research paper: Rick Wash, “How Experts Detect Phishing Scam Emails“: Abstract: Phishing scam emails are emails that pretend to be something they are not in order...
From Schneier on Security
California Proposition 24 Passes
California’s Proposition 24, aimed at improving the California Consumer Privacy Act, passed this week. Analyses are very mixed. I was very mixed on the proposition...
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Determining What Video Conference Participants Are Typing from Watching Shoulder Movements
Accuracy isn’t great, but that it can be done at all is impressive. Murtuza Jadiwala, a computer science professor heading the research project, said his team...
From Schneier on Security
New Windows Zero-Day
Google’s Project Zero has discovered and published a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Windows Kernel Cryptography Driver. The exploit doesn’t affect the cryptography...
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The Legal Risks of Security Research
Sunoo Park and Kendra Albert have published “A Researcher’s Guide to Some Legal Risks of Security Research.” From a summary: Such risk extends beyond anti-hacking...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Ram’s Horn Squid Video
This is the first video footage of a ram’s horn squid (Spirula spirula) . As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news...
From Schneier on Security
Tracking Users on Waze
A security researcher discovered a wulnerability in Waze that breaks the anonymity of users: I found out that I can visit Waze from any web browser at waze.com/livemap...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Underwater Robot Uses Squid-Like Propulsion
This is neat: By generating powerful streams of water, UCSD’s squid-like robot can swim untethered. The “squidbot” carries its own power source, and has the room...
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The NSA is Refusing to Disclose its Policy on Backdooring Commercial Products
Senator Ron Wyden asked, and the NSA didn’t answer: The NSA has long sought agreements with technology companies under which they would build special access for...
From Schneier on Security