Communications of the ACM
Refine your search:
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
The Mathematics of Conspiracy
This interesting study tries to build a mathematical model for the continued secrecy of conspiracies, and tries to predict how long before they will be revealed...
From Schneier on Security
Company Tracks Iowa Caucusgoers by their Cell Phones
It's not just governments. Companies like Dstillery are doing this too: "We watched each of the caucus locations for each party and we collected mobile device ID's...
From Schneier on Security
WikiLeaks Publishes NSA Target List
As part of an ongoing series of classified NSA target list and raw intercepts, WikiLeaks published details of the NSA's spying on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon...
From Schneier on Security
Lots More Writing about the FBI vs. Apple
I have written two posts on the case, and at the bottom of those essays are lots of links to other essays written by other people. Here are more links. If you read...
From Schneier on Security
Resilient Systems News: IBM to Buy Resilient Systems
Today, IBM announced its intention to purchase my company, Resilient Systems. (Yes, the rumors were basically true.) I think this is a great development for Resilient...
From Schneier on Security
More on the "Data as Exhaust" Metaphor
Research paper: Gavin J.D. Smith, "Surveillance, Data and Embodiment: On the Work of Being Watched," Body and Society, January 2016. Abstract: Today's bodies are...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Energy Converter Inspired by Squid
Engineers have invented a wave energy converter that works in the same way that squid propel themselves through the water. As usual, you can also use this squid...
From Schneier on Security
Notice and Consent
New Research: Rebecca Lipman, "Online Privacy and the Invisible Market for Our Data." The paper argues that notice and consent doesn't work, and suggests how is...
From Schneier on Security
Thinking about Intimate Surveillance
Law Professor Karen Levy writes about the rise of surveillance in our most intimate activities -- love, sex, romance -- and how it affects those activities. This...
From Schneier on Security
Simultaneous Discovery of Vulnerabilities
In the conversation about zero-day vulnerabilities and whether "good" governments should disclose or hoard vulnerabilities, one of the critical variables is independent...
From Schneier on Security
The Importance of Strong Encryption to Security
Encryption keeps you safe. Encryption protects your financial details and passwords when you bank online. It protects your cell phone conversations from eavesdroppers...
From Schneier on Security
Eavesdropping by the Foscam Security Camera
Brian Krebs has a really weird story about the build-in eavesdropping by the Chinese-made Foscam security camera: Imagine buying an internet-enabled surveillance...
From Schneier on Security
Research on Balancing Privacy with Surveillance
Interesting research: Michael Kearns, Aaron Roth, Zhiewi Steven Wu, and Grigory Yaroslavtsev, "Private algorithms for the protected in social network search," PNAS...
From Schneier on Security
The Ads vs. Ad Blockers Arms Race
For the past month or so, Forbes has been blocking browsers with ad blockers. Today, I tried to access a Wired article and the site blocked me for the same reason...
From Schneier on Security
Practical TEMPEST Attack
Four researchers have demonstrated a TEMPEST attack against a laptop, recovering its keys by listening to its electrical emanations. The cost for the attack hardware...
From Schneier on Security
Decrypting an iPhone for the FBI
Earlier this week, a federal magistrate ordered Apple to assist the FBI in hacking into the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. Apple will fight...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Up Close and Personal with a Giant Squid
Fascinating story. 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
Security Implications of Cash
I saw two related stories today. The first is about high-denomination currency. The EU is considering dropping its 500-euro note, on the grounds that only criminals...
From Schneier on Security