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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
Eye Twitch Patterns as a Biometric
Yet another biometric: eye twitch patterns: ...a person's saccades, their tiny, but rapid, involuntary eye movements, can be measured using a video camera. The...
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Friday Squid Blogging: "The Seasick Squid"
A fable. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.
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Conversation about Liars and Outliers on The WELL
I'm on The WELL right now -- for the next week or so -- discussing my new book with anyone who wants to participate. I'm also at Dragon*Con this weekend in Atlanta...
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The Psychological Effects of Terrorism
Shelly C. McArdle, Heather Rosoff, Richard S. John (2012), "The Dynamics of Evolving Beliefs, Concerns Emotions, and Behavioral Avoidance Following 9/11: A Longitudinal...
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Shared Lock
A reader sent me this photo of a shared lock. It's at the gate of a large ranch outside of Victoria, Texas. Multiple padlocks secure the device, but when a single...
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The Importance of Security Engineering
In May, neuroscientist and popular author Sam Harris and I debated the issue of profiling Muslims at airport security. We each wrote essays, then went back and...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Sacrifices Arms to Avoid Predators
The squid Octopoteuthis deletron will drop portions of an arm to escape from a predator. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security...
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Internet Safety Talking Points for Schools
A surprisingly sensible list. E. Why are you penalizing the 95% for the 5%? You don't do this in other areas of discipline at school. Even though you know some...
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Fear and How it Scales
Nice post: The screaming fear in your stomach before you give a speech to 12 kids in the fifth grade is precisely the same fear a presidential candidate feels...
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Exaggerating Cybercrime
Finally, someone takes a look at the $1 trillion number government officials are quoting as the cost of cybercrime. While it's a good figure to scare people, it...
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Video Filter that Detects a Pulse
Fascinating. How long before someone claims he can use this technology to detect nervous people in airports?
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Five "Neglects" in Risk Management
Good list, summarized here: 1. Probability neglect – people sometimes don’t consider the probability of the occurrence of an outcome, but focus on the consequences...
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Poll: Americans Like the TSA
Gallup has the results: Despite recent negative press, a majority of Americans, 54%, think the U.S. Transportation Security Administration is doing either an excellent...
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Is iPhone Security Really this Good?
Simson Garfinkel writes that the iPhone has such good security that the police can't use it for forensics anymore: Technologies the company has adopted protect...
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Help Cryptanalyze Gauss
Kaspersky is looking for help decrypting the Gauss payload.
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Passive Sensor That Sees Through Walls
A new technology uses the radiation given off by wi-fi devices to sense the positions of people through a one-foot-thick brick wall.
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The View from an Israeli Security Checkpoint
This is an extraordinary (and gut-wrenching) first-person account of what it's like to staff an Israeli security checkpoint. It shows how power corrupts: how it's...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Efforts to Film a Live Giant Squid
Japanese researchers are attempting to film the elusive giant squid. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news...
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