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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
Anonymous Browsing at the Library
A rural New Hampshire library decided to install Tor on their computers and allow anonymous Internet browsing. The Department of Homeland pressured them to stop...
From Schneier on Security
Child Arrested Because Adults Are Stupid
A Texas 9th-grader makes an electronic clock and brings it to school. Teachers immediately become stupid and call the police: The bell rang at least twice, he said...
From Schneier on Security
Obama and the Security of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel
President Obama won't stay at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York because of security concerns. The hotel "was bought last year by Chinese investors with deep...
From Schneier on Security
Hacking Team, Computer Vulnerabilities, and the NSA
When the National Security Administration (NSA) -- or any government agency -- discovers a vulnerability in a popular computer system, should it disclose it or...
From Schneier on Security
Programming Errors Weaken bcrypt Hashes of Ashley Madison Passwords
Ashley Madison encrypted users' passwords using the bcrypt function. It's a secure password-encryption function, but two implemention programming mistakes allows...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: The Chemistry of Squid Camouflage
Interesting research. 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
Wanted: Cryptography Products for Worldwide Survey
In 1999, Lance Hoffman, David Balenson, and others published a survey of non-US cryptographic products. The point of the survey was to illustrate that there was...
From Schneier on Security
Drone Self-Defense and the Law
Last month, a Kentucky man shot down a drone that was hovering near his backyard. WDRB News reported that the camera drone's owners soon showed up at the home of...
From Schneier on Security
Cheating News from the Chess World
Chess player caught cheating at a tournament: I kept on looking at him. He was always sitting down, he never got up. It was very strange; we are taking about hours...
From Schneier on Security
FBI and Apple's Encryption
The New York Times is reporting that Apple encryption is hampering an FBI investigation: In an investigation involving guns and drugs, the Justice Department obtained...
From Schneier on Security
Animals vs. Drones
It's not just humans who dislike the small flying objects. YouTube has videos of drones being stared at quizzically by a moose, harassed by a raven, attacked by...
From Schneier on Security
The Security Risks of Third-party Data
Most of us get to be thoroughly relieved that our emails weren't in the Ashley Madison database. But don't get too comfortable. Whatever secrets you have, even...
From Schneier on Security
TSA Master Keys
Someone recently noticed a Washington Post story on the TSA that originally contained a detailed photograph of all the TSA master keys. It's now blurred out of...
From Schneier on Security
Glenn Greenwald Debates Keith Alexander
Interesting debate, surprisingly civil. Alexander seemed to have been okay with Snowden revealing surveillance based on Section 215: "If he had taken the one court...
From Schneier on Security
Understanding Squid Self-Healing Teeth
Using squid teeth as a model, researchers have created "the first material that heals itself in water." Paper from Nature. As usual, you can also use this squid...
From Schneier on Security
I'll be Talking Cyber-Resilience on a Webinar
This coming Thursday, I'll be talking with Larry Poneman about cyber-resilience and the results of a new survey he's releasing. Join us here. The event is sponsored...
From Schneier on Security
China's "Great Cannon"
Interesting research: "An Analysis of China's 'Great Cannon.'" Abstract: On March 16th, 2015, the Chinese censorship apparatus employed a new tool, the "Great Cannon"...
From Schneier on Security
"The Declining Half-Life of Secrets"
Several times I've mentioned Peter Swire's concept of "the declining half-life of secrets." He's finally written it up: The nature of secrets is changing. Secrets...
From Schneier on Security