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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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Malware that Foils Two-Factor Authentication
This is an interesting article about a new breed of malware that also hijack's the victim's phone text messaging system, to intercept one-time passwords sent via...
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Pre-9/11 NSA Thinking
This quote is from the Spring 1997 issue of CRYPTOLOG, the internal NSA newsletter. The writer is William J. Black, Jr., the Director's Special Assistant for Information...
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Lessons from Biological Security
Nice essay: The biological world is also open source in the sense that threats are always present, largely unpredictable, and always changing. Because of this,...
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Secrecy and Privacy
Interesting article on the history of, and the relationship between, secrecy and privacy As a matter of historical analysis, the relationship between secrecy and...
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MAD in Cyberspace
Ron Beckstrom gives a talk (video and transcript) about "Mutually Assured Destruction," "Mutually Assured Disruption," and "Mutually Assured Dependence."
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Spear Phishing Attack Against the Financial Times
Interesting story with a lot of details.
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The Future of Satellite Surveillance
Pretty scary -- and cool. Remember, it's not any one thing that's worrisome; it's everything together.
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Friday Squid Blogging: How the Acidification of the Oceans Affects Squid
It's not good. 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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US Offensive Cyberwar Policy
Today, the United States is conducting offensive cyberwar actions around the world. More than passively eavesdropping, we're penetrating and damaging foreign networks...
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The Japanese Response to Terrorism
Lessons from Japan's response to Aum Shinrikyo: Yet what's as remarkable as Aum's potential for mayhem is how little of it, on balance, they actually caused. Don't...
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New Details on Skype Eavesdropping
This article, on the cozy relationship between the commercial personal-data industry and the intelligence industry, has new information on the security of Skype...
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Love Letter to an NSA Agent
A fine piece: "A Love Letter to the NSA Agent who is Monitoring my Online Activity." A similar sentiment is expressed in this video.
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The US Uses Vulnerability Data for Offensive Purposes
Companies allow US intelligence to exploit vulnerabilities before it patches them: Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), the world's largest software company, provides intelligence...
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Petition the NSA to Subject its Surveillance Program to Public Comment
I have signed a petition calling on the NSA to "suspend its domestic surveillance program pending public comment." This is what's going on: In a request today...
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Finding Sociopaths on Facebook
On his blog, Scott Adams suggests that it might be possible to identify sociopaths based on their interactions on social media. My hypothesis is that scienceknow...
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Cost/Benefit Questions NSA Surveillance
John Mueller and Mark Stewart ask the important questions about the NSA surveillance programs: why were they secret, what have they accomplished, and what do they...
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Details of NSA Data Requests from US Corporations
Facebook (here), Apple (here), and Yahoo (here) have all released details of US government requests for data. They each say that they've turned over user datamuch...
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