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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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Crown Sterling Claims to Factor RSA Keylengths First Factored Twenty Years Ago
Earlier this month I made fun of a company called Crown-Sterling, for...for...for being a company that deserves being made fun of. This morning, the company announced...
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New Biometrics
This article discusses new types of biometrics under development, including gait, scent, heartbeat, microbiome, and butt shape (no, really)....
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Revisiting Software Vulnerabilities in the Boeing 787
I previously blogged about a Black Hat talk that disclosed security vulnerabilities in the Boeing 787 software. Ben Rothke concludes that the vulnerabilities are...
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I'm Looking to Hire a Strategist to Help Figure Out Public-Interest Tech
I am in search of a strategic thought partner: a person who can work closely with me over the next 9 to 12 months in assessing what's needed to advance the practice...
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Cracking Forgotten Passwords
Expandpass is a string expansion program. It's "useful for cracking passwords you kinda-remember." You tell the program what you remember about the password and...
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Another Side Channel in Intel Chips
Not that serious, but interesting: In late 2011, Intel introduced a performance enhancement to its line of server processors that allowed network cards and other...
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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 University College London on September 23, 2019. I'm speaking at World's Top 50...
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Friday Squid Blogging: How Scientists Captured the Giant Squid Video
In June, I blogged about a video of a live juvenile giant squid. Here's how that video was captured. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the...
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When Biology Becomes Software
All of life is based on the coordinated action of genetic parts (genes and their controlling sequences) found in the genomes (the complete DNA sequence) of organisms...
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Smart Watches and Cheating on Tests
The Independent Commission on Examination Malpractice in the UK has recommended that all watches be banned from exam rooms, basically because it's becoming very...
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Fabricated Voice Used in Financial Fraud
This seems to be an identity theft first: Criminals used artificial intelligence-based software to impersonate a chief executive's voice and demand a fraudulent...
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More on Law Enforcement Backdoor Demands
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Princeton University's Center for Information Technology Policy convened an Encryption Working Group to attempt...
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On Cybersecurity Insurance
Good paper on cybersecurity insurance: both the history and the promise for the future. From the conclusion: Policy makers have long held high hopes for cyber insurance...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Perfume
It's not perfume for squids. Nor is it perfume made from squids. It's a perfume called Squid, "inspired by life in the sea." As usual, you can also use this squid...
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Default Password for GPS Trackers
Many GPS trackers are shipped with the default password 123456. Many users don't change them. We just need to eliminate default passwords. This is an easy win.....
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The Doghouse: Crown Sterling
A decade ago, the Doghouse was a regular feature in both my email newsletter Crypto-Gram and my blog. In it, I would call out particularly egregious -- and amusing...
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Credit Card Privacy
Good article in the Washington Post on all the surveillance associated with credit card use....
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Massive iPhone Hack Targets Uyghurs
China is being blamed for a massive surveillance operation that targeted Uyghur Muslims. This story broke in waves, the first wave being about the iPhone. Earlier...
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