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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
Quantum Cryptography Cracked
Impressive: This presentation will show the first experimental implementation of an eavesdropper for quantum cryptosystem. Although quantum cryptography has been...
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Me and the Christmas Underwear Bomber
I spent a lot of yesterday giving press interviews. Nothing I haven
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Change Blindness
Interesting video demonstrating change blindness: the human brain's tendency to ignore major visual changes. The implications for security are pretty serious. ...
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"The Behavioral Economics of Personal Information"
Good survey article by Alessandro Acquisti in IEEE Computer.
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Separating Explosives from the Detonator
Chechen terrorists did it in 2004. I said this in an interview with then TSA head Kip Hawley in 2007: I don't want to even think about how much C4 I can strap...
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Intercepting Predator Video
Sometimes mediocre encryption is better than strong encryption, and sometimes no encryption is better still. The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Iraqi...
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Plant Security Countermeasures
The essay is about veganism and plant eating, but I found the descriptions of plant security countermeasures interesting: Plants can
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Luggage Locator
Wow, is this a bad idea: The Luggage Locator is an innovative product that travellers or anyone can use to locate items. It has been specifically engineered to...
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Howard Schmidt to be Named U.S. Cybersecurity Czar
I head this rumor two days ago, and The New York Times is reporting today. Reporters are calling me for reactions and opinions, but I just don't know. Schmidt...
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Defeating Microsoft BitLocker
Defeating BitLocker, even with a TPM. Related.
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Live Face-Off with Marcus Ranum at ISD
Here are the six links to the face-off Marcus Ranum and I did on stage at the Information Security Decisions conference in Chicago.
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MagnePrint Technology for Credit/Debit Cards
This seems like a solution in search of a problem: MagTek discovered that no two magnetic strips are identical. This is due to the manufacturing process. Similar...
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Australia Restores Some Sanity to Airport Screening
Welcome news: Carry-on baggage rules will be relaxed under a shake-up of aviation security announced by the Federal Government today. The changes will see passengers...
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