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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 …
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On Disguise
The former CIA Chief of Disguise has a fascinating video about her work....
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Are the Police using Smart-Home IoT Devices to Spy on People?
IoT devices are surveillance devices, and manufacturers generally use them to collect data on their customers. Surveillance is still the business model of the Internet...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Roasted Squid with Tomatillo Salsa
Recipe and commentary. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog posting guidelines...
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West Virginia Using Internet Voting
This is crazy (and dangerous). West Virginia is allowing people to vote via a smart-phone app. Even crazier, the app uses blockchain -- presumably because they...
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Government Perspective on Supply Chain Security
This is an interesting interview with a former NSA employee about supply chain security. I consider this to be an insurmountable problem right now....
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Privacy for Tigers
Ross Anderson has some new work: As mobile phone masts went up across the world's jungles, savannas and mountains, so did poaching. Wildlife crime syndicates can...
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How DNA Databases Violate Everyone's Privacy
If you're an American of European descent, there's a 60% you can be uniquely identified by public information in DNA databases. This is not information that you...
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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 Data in Smarter Cities in New York City on October 23, 2018. I'm speaking at the...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Eat Less Squid
The UK's Marine Conservation Society is urging people to eat less squid. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news...
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Security in a World of Physically Capable Computers
It's no secret that computers are insecure. Stories like the recent Facebook hack, the Equifax hack and the hacking of government agencies are remarkable for how...
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Another Bloomberg Story about Supply-Chain Hardware Attacks from China
Bloomberg has another story about hardware surveillance implants in equipment made in China. This implant is different from the one Bloomberg reported on last week...
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Security Vulnerabilities in US Weapons Systems
The US Government Accounting Office just published a new report: "Weapons Systems Cyber Security: DOD Just Beginning to Grapple with Scale of Vulnerabilities" (summary...
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Access Now Is Looking for a Chief Security Officer
The international digital human rights organization Access Now (I am on the board) is looking to hire a Chief Security Officer. I believe that, somewhere, there...
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The US National Cyber Strategy
Last month the White House released the "National Cyber Strategy of the United States of America. I generally don't have much to say about these sorts of documents...
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Defeating the "Deal or No Deal" Arcade Game
Two teenagers figured out how to beat the "Deal or No Deal" arcade game by filming the computer animation than then slowing it down enough to determine where the...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Watch Squid Change Colors
This is an amazing short video of a squid -- I don't know the species -- changing its color instantly. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about...
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Detecting Credit Card Skimmers
Interesting research paper: "Fear the Reaper: Characterization and Fast Detection of Card Skimmers": Abstract: Payment card fraud results in billions of dollars...
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Conspiracy Theories Around the "Presidential Alert"
Noted conspiracy theorist John McAfee tweeted: The "Presidential alerts": they are capable of accessing the E911 chip in your phones - giving them full access to...
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Chinese Supply Chain Hardware Attack
Bloomberg is reporting about a Chinese espionage operating involving inserting a tiny chip into computer products made in China. I've written (alternate link) this...
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