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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 The Eponymous Pickle
Stealing Data from Phones
In Wired: A disconcerting piece about how law enforcement and governments are gathering data directly from mobile phone. " ... Newly uncovered components of...
From Schneier on Security
Risks of Not Understanding a One-Way Function
New York City officials anonymized license plate data by hashing the individual plate numbers with MD5. (I know, they shouldn't have used MD5, but ignore that for...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Information and Knowledge
The cartoon below by Hugh MacLeod is one of the most shared of his images on the Internet. I have to say I see something different in it every time I view it....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Need a HoloDeck?
Via Metaio. " .... Metaio, the world leader in Augmented Reality (AR) software and solutions today revealed its 6D Holodeck technology that places virtual environments...
From Schneier on Security
Could Keith Alexander's Advice Possibly Be Worth $600K a Month?
Ex-NSA director Keith Alexander has his own consulting company: IronNet Cybersecurity Inc. His advice does not come cheap: Alexander offered to provide advice to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ad Agencies Want Innovations
In Adage: Ad agencies are now seeking more than just Ad ideas. For additional revenue streams " ... Ad Ideas? RFPs Morph Into Requests for Innovation, Products...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cyber Defense Requires Culture
In CACM: Former NSA chief says culture not technology key to cyber defense. I really don't see our culture going that way. If anything a sense of personal responsibility...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Looking for Indoor GPS
A long time goal. Some of the research generally described here. Completely personalized navigation indoors is still not here. Coming to an office this morning...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Downside of Personalization
Interesting view. Via Linkedin. To what degree are we benefited versus being exploited? Most of this is obvious, but the measures of each are not there. I would...
From Schneier on Security
Quadrennial Homeland Security Review
The second Quadrennial Homeland Security Review has been published by the Department of Homeland Security. At 100+ pages, I'm not going to be reading it, but I...
From Schneier on Security
Defending Against Algorithm Substitution Attacks
Interesting paper: M. Bellare, K. Paterson, and P. Rogaway, "Security of Symmetric Encryption against Mass Surveillance." Abstract: Motivated by revelations concerning...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The More Languages Change The More They Stay The Same
One of the links in yesterday’s interesting links post was to a fun questionnaire for computer science people. Guess the Programming Language asks you to identify...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wolfram Programming Cloud
Attended today the announcement of the Wolfram Programming Cloud. This embodies the ability to create public and private clouds using the Wolfram programming language...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Court Limits Software Patents, But Stops Short
Glad at least some progress was made here. My opinion is it should have gone further to enhance net creativity. It may well have some economic repercussions...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Sensors in Lamp Posts
Have followed the idea of placing sensors in existing infrastructure for some time. Starting in retail environments. Here Chicago steps into the approach. A...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Counting Edge Colorings Is Hard
Another dichotomy theorem Jin-Yi Cai is one of the world’s experts on hardness of counting problems, especially those related to methods based on complex—pun intended—gadgets...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Counting Edge Colorings Is Hard
Another dichotomy theorem Jin-Yi Cai is one of the world’s experts on hardness of counting problems, especially those related to methods based on complex—pun intended—gadgets...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of June 23
Monday, June 23, 2014 The House Committee on Homeland Security will hold a field hearing on “Mass Gathering Security: A Look at the Coordinated Approach to Super...
From Schneier on Security
Building Retro Reflectors
A group of researchers have reverse-engineered the NSA's retro reflectors, and has recreated them using software-defined radio (SDR): An SDR Ossmann designed and...
From The Eponymous Pickle