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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
How Terrorist Groups Disband
Interesting research from RAND: Abstract: How do terrorist groups end? The evidence since 1968 indicates that terrorist groups rarely cease to exist as a result...
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Gary McGraw on National Cybersecurity
Good essay, making the point that cyberattack and counterattack aren't very useful -- actual cyberdefense is what's wanted. Creating a cyber-rock is cheap. Buying...
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Micromorts
Here's a great concept: a micromort: Shopping for coffee you would not ask for 0.00025 tons (unless you were naturally irritating), you would ask for 250 grams...
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New SSL Vulnerability
It's hard for me to get too worked up about this vulnerability: Many popular applications, HTTP(S) and WebSocket transport libraries, and SOAP and REST Web-services...
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Regulation as a Prisoner's Dilemma
This is the sort of thing I wrote about in my latest book. The Prisoners Dilemma as outlined above can be seen in action in two variants within regulatory activities...
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Three-Rotor Enigma Machine Up for Auction
Expensive, but it's in complete working order. They're also auctioning off a complete set of rotors; those are even rarer than the machines -- which are often missing...
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Wanted: RSA Exhibitor for Book Signing
Is anyone out there interested in buying a pile of copies of my Liars and Outliers for a giveaway and book signing at the RSA Conference? I can guarantee enormous...
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New Vulnerability Against Industrial Control Systems
It doesn't look good. These are often called SCADA vulnerabilities, although it isn't SCADA that's involved here. They're against programmable logic controllers...
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New Jersey Allows Voting by E-Mail
I'm not filled with confidence, but this seems like the best of a bunch of bad alternatives.
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New WWII Cryptanalysis
I'd sure like to know more about this: Government code-breakers are working on deciphering a message that has remained a secret for 70 years. It was found onSome...
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On the Ineffectiveness of Airport Security Pat-Downs
I've written about it before, but not half as well as this story: "That search was absolutely useless." I said. "And just shows how much of all of this is security...
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Loopholes
Interesting This American Life show on loopholes. The first part is about getting around the Church's ban against suicide. The second part is about an interesting...
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Peter Neumann Profile
Really nice profile in the New York Times. It includes a discussion of the Clean Slate program: Run by Dr. Howard Shrobe, an M.I.T. computer scientist who is...
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Doping in Professional Sports
I updated a 2006 essay of mine on the security issues around sports doping.
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Dan Ariely on Dishonesty
Good talk, and I've always liked these animators.
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Detecting Fake Hurricane Photographs
A short tutorial here. Actually, it's good advice even if there weren't a hurricane.
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