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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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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Hoodie
This is neat. 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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The No-Fly List and Due Process
The Congressional Research Service has released a report on the no-fly list and current litigation that it violates due process....
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How Many Vulnerabilities Are there in Software?
Dan Geer proposes some techniques for answering this question....
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Metal Detectors at Sports Stadiums
Fans attending Major League Baseball games are being greeted in a new way this year: with metal detectors at the ballparks. Touted as a counterterrorism measure...
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John Oliver Interviews Edward Snowden
Wow, what an amazing segment and interview....
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Two Thoughtful Essays on the Future of Privacy
Paul Krugman argues that we'll give up our privacy because we want to emulate the rich, who are surrounded by servants who know everything about them: Consider...
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China's Great Cannon
Citizen Lab has issued a report on China's "Great Cannon" attack tool, used in the recent DDoS attack against GitHub. We show that, while the attack infrastructure...
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Alternatives to the FBI's Manufacturing of Terrorists
John Mueller suggests an alternative to the FBI's practice of encouraging terrorists and then arresting them for something they would have never have planned on...
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Attacking Researchers Who Expose Voting Vulnerabilities
Researchers found voting-system flaws in New South Wales, and were attacked by voting officials and the company that made the machines....
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Lone-Wolf Terrorism
The Southern Poverty Law Center warns of the rise of lone-wolf terrorism. From a security perspective, lone wolves are much harder to prevent because there is no...
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Cell Phone Opsec
Here's an article on making secret phone calls with cell phones. His step-by-step instructions for making a clandestine phone call are as follows: Analyze your...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Video
Giant squid caught on video. 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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Friday Squid Blogging: The Longfin Inshore Squid Regularly Rewrites Its Own DNA
Wow. 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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TrueCrypt Security Audit Completed
The security audit of the TrueCrypt code has been completed (see here for the first phase of the audit), and the results are good. Some issues were found, but nothing...
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Ugly Mail: Gmail Extension to Expose E-mail Tracking
Nice idea, but I would like it to work for other browsers and other e-mail programs....
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The Eighth Movie-Plot Threat Contest
It's April 1, and time for another Movie-Plot Threat Contest. This year, the theme is Crypto Wars II. Strong encryption is evil, because it prevents the police...
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