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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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Hacking Marathon Races
Truly bizarre story of someone who seems to have figured out how to successfully cheat at marathons. The evidence of his cheating is overwhelming, but no one knows...
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CSOs/CISOs Wanted: Cloud Security Questions
I'm trying to separate cloud security hype from reality. To that end, I'd like to talk to a few big corporate CSOs or CISOs about their cloud security worries,...
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Database of 12 Million Apple UDIDs Haked
In this story, we learn that hackers got their hands on a database of 12 million Apple Apple Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs) by hacking an FBI laptop. When I...
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Wall Street Journal Review of Liars and Outliers
Liars and Outliers (along with two other books: Kip Hawley's memoir of his time at the TSA and Against Security, by Harvey Molotch) has been reviewed in the Wall...
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Hacking Brain-Computer Interfaces
In this fascinating piece of research, the question is asked: can we surreptitiously collect secret information from the brains of people using brain-computer interface...
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Eye Twitch Patterns as a Biometric
Yet another biometric: eye twitch patterns: ...a person's saccades, their tiny, but rapid, involuntary eye movements, can be measured using a video camera. The...
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Friday Squid Blogging: "The Seasick Squid"
A fable. 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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Conversation about Liars and Outliers on The WELL
I'm on The WELL right now -- for the next week or so -- discussing my new book with anyone who wants to participate. I'm also at Dragon*Con this weekend in Atlanta...
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The Psychological Effects of Terrorism
Shelly C. McArdle, Heather Rosoff, Richard S. John (2012), "The Dynamics of Evolving Beliefs, Concerns Emotions, and Behavioral Avoidance Following 9/11: A Longitudinal...
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Shared Lock
A reader sent me this photo of a shared lock. It's at the gate of a large ranch outside of Victoria, Texas. Multiple padlocks secure the device, but when a single...
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The Importance of Security Engineering
In May, neuroscientist and popular author Sam Harris and I debated the issue of profiling Muslims at airport security. We each wrote essays, then went back and...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Sacrifices Arms to Avoid Predators
The squid Octopoteuthis deletron will drop portions of an arm to escape from a predator. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security...
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Internet Safety Talking Points for Schools
A surprisingly sensible list. E. Why are you penalizing the 95% for the 5%? You don't do this in other areas of discipline at school. Even though you know some...
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Fear and How it Scales
Nice post: The screaming fear in your stomach before you give a speech to 12 kids in the fifth grade is precisely the same fear a presidential candidate feels...
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Exaggerating Cybercrime
Finally, someone takes a look at the $1 trillion number government officials are quoting as the cost of cybercrime. While it's a good figure to scare people, it...
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Video Filter that Detects a Pulse
Fascinating. How long before someone claims he can use this technology to detect nervous people in airports?
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Five "Neglects" in Risk Management
Good list, summarized here: 1. Probability neglect – people sometimes don’t consider the probability of the occurrence of an outcome, but focus on the consequences...
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Poll: Americans Like the TSA
Gallup has the results: Despite recent negative press, a majority of Americans, 54%, think the U.S. Transportation Security Administration is doing either an excellent...
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