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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
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...
From Schneier on Security
Plant Security Countermeasures
The essay is about veganism and plant eating, but I found the descriptions of plant security countermeasures interesting: Plants can
From Schneier on Security
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...
From Schneier on Security
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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The Politics of Power in Cyberspace
Thoughful blog post by The Atlantic's Marc Ainbinder: We allow Google, Amazon.com, credit companies and all manner of private corporations to collect intimateMy...
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Telcoms Security
A very good four-part series: "Risk and Security in the Telecommunications Industry."
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The U.S. Civil Rights Movement as an Insurgency
This is interesting: Most Americans fail to appreciate that the Civil Rights movement was about the overthrow of an entrenched political order in each of the Southern...
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U.S./Russia Cyber Arms Control Talks
Now this interesting: The United States has begun talks with Russia and a United Nations arms control committee about strengthening Internet security and limiting...
From Schneier on Security