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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
Hacking and the 2016 Presidential Election
Was the 2016 presidential election hacked? It's hard to tell. There were no obvious hacks on Election Day, but new reports have raised the question of whether voting...
From Schneier on Security
Securing Communications in a Trump Administration
Susan Landau has an excellent essay on why it's more important than ever to have backdoor-free encryption on our computer and communications systems. Protecting...
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Headphones as Microphones
Surprising no one who has been following this sort of thing, headphones can be used as microphones....
From Schneier on Security
Government Propaganda on Social Media
Vice Motherboard has an interesting article about governments using social-media platforms for propaganda and surveillance, and the companies that are supporting...
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"Security for the High-Risk User"
Interesting paper. John Scott-Railton on securing the high-risk user....
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Dumb Security Survey Questions
According to a Harris poll, 39% of Americans would give up sex for a year for perfect computer security: According to an online survey among over 2,000 U.S. adults...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Peruvian Squid Fishermen Are Trying to Diversify
Squid catch is down, so fisherman are trying to sell more processed product. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the...
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Smartphone Secretly Sends Private Data to China
This is pretty amazing: International customers and users of disposable or prepaid phones are the people most affected by the software. But the scope is unclear...
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Using Wi-Fi to Detect Hand Motions and Steal Passwords
This is impressive research: "When CSI Meets Public WiFi: Inferring Your Mobile Phone Password via WiFi Signals": Abstract: In this study, we present WindTalker...
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Hacking Password-Protected Computers via the USB Port
PoisonTap is an impressive hacking tool that can compromise computers via the USB port, even when they are password protected. What's interesting is the chain of...
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Mass Spectrometry for Surveillance
Yet another way to collect personal data on people without their knowledge or consent: "Lifestyle chemistries from phones for individual profiling": Abstract: Imagine...
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Election Security
It's over. The voting went smoothly. As of the time of writing, there are no serious fraud allegations, nor credible evidence that anyone hacked the voting rolls...
From Schneier on Security
Fake HP Printer That's Actually a Cellular Eavesdropping Device
Julian Oliver has designed and built a cellular eavesdropping device that's disguised as an old HP printer. Masquerading as a regular cellular service provider,...
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Fake Fingerprint Stickers for Gloves
There's a Kickstarter for a sticker that you can stick on a glove and then register with a biometric access system like an iPhone. It's an interesting security...
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Friday Squid Blogging: 3D-Printed Underwater Autonomous "Squid"
Pretty neat. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered....
From Schneier on Security
Automatically Identifying Government Secrets
Interesting research: "Using Artificial Intelligence to Identify State Secrets," by Renato Rocha Souza, Flavio Codeco Coelho, Rohan Shah, and Matthew Connelly....
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Fooling Facial Recognition Systems
This is some interesting research. You can fool facial recognition systems by wearing glasses printed with elements of other peoples' faces. Mahmood Sharif, Sruti...
From Schneier on Security
Ultrasonic Hacking
Ad networks are surreptitiously using ultrasonic communications to jump from device to device. It should come as no surprise that this communications channel can...
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Regulation of the Internet of Things
Late last month, popular websites like Twitter, Pinterest, Reddit and PayPal went down for most of a day. The distributed denial-of-service attack that caused the...
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