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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
Spoofing Geolocation
How to spoof your location on Facebook with your BlackBerry.
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Me on Airport Security
Yesterday I participated in a New York Times "Room for Debate" discussion on airline security. My contribution is nothing I haven't said before, so I won't reprint...
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Defeating al Qaeda
Rare common sense: But Gen Richards told the BBC it was not possible to defeat the Taliban or al-Qaeda militarily. "You can't. We've all said this. David Petraeus...
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Stuxnet News
Another piece of the puzzle: New research, published late last week, has established that Stuxnet searches for frequency converter drives made by Fararo Paya of...
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Me on Cyberwar
Last week, I gave a talk on cyberwar and cyberconflict at the Institute for International and European Affairs in Dublin. Here's the video. It was only the second...
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TSA Backscatter X-ray Backlash
Things are happening so fast that I don't know if I should bother. But here are some links and observations. The head of the Allied Pilots Association is telling...
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Airplane Terrorism Twenty Years Ago
Excellent: Here's a scenario: Middle Eastern terrorists hijack a U.S. jetliner bound for Italy. A two-week drama ensues in which the plane's occupants are split...
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Unsolicited Terrorism Tips to the U.S. Government
Adding them all up, the U.S. government "receives between 8,000 and 10,000 pieces of information per day, fingering just as many different people as potential threats...
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New Biometric
Eye movements instead of eye structures. The new system tracks the way a person's eye moves as he watches an icon roam around a computer screen. The way the icon...
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Term Paper Writing for Hire
This recent essay (commentary here) reminded me of this older essay, both by people who write student term papers for hire. There are several services that dopersonal...
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Internet Quarantines
Last month, Scott Charney of Microsoft proposed that infected computers be quarantined from the Internet. Using a public health model for Internet security, the...
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Albert Gonzalez
Long article on convicted hacker Albert Gonzalez from The New York Times Magazine.
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Camouflaging Test Cars
Interesting: In an effort to shield their still-secret products from prying eyes, automakers testing prototype models, often in the desert and at other remote...
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Bulletproof Service Providers
From Brian Krebs: Hacked and malicious sites designed to steal data from unsuspecting users via malware and phishing are a dime a dozen, often located in the United...
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Changing Passwords
How often should you change your password? I get asked that question a lot, usually by people annoyed at their employer's or bank's password expiration policy:choose...
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Removing Belts at Airport Security
The TSA is making us remove our belts even when we don't have to. European airports have made us remove our belts for years. My normal tactic is to pull my shirt...
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