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Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration
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B. Schneier| February 29, 2024
Interesting:
In an effort to shield their still-secret products from prying eyes, automakers testing prototype models, often in the desert and at other remote...schneier From Schneier on Security | November 12, 2010 at 12:28 PM
From Brian Krebs:
Hacked and malicious sites designed to steal data from unsuspecting users via malware and phishing are a dime a dozen, often located in the United...schneier From Schneier on Security | November 11, 2010 at 06:45 PM
How often should you change your password? I get asked that question a lot, usually by people annoyed at their employer's or bank's password expiration policy:choose...schneier From Schneier on Security | November 11, 2010 at 11:02 AM
The TSA is making us remove our belts even when we don't have to.
European airports have made us remove our belts for years. My normal tactic is to pull my shirt...schneier From Schneier on Security | November 10, 2010 at 07:41 PM
Good article on security options for the Washington Monument:
Unfortunately, the bureaucratic gears are already grinding, and what will be presented to the public...schneier From Schneier on Security | November 10, 2010 at 01:09 PM
Internet Eyes is a U.K. startup designed to crowdsource digital surveillance. People pay a small fee to become a "Viewer." Once they do, they can log onto the site...schneier From Schneier on Security | November 9, 2010 at 06:59 PM
Saturday, I visited Bletchley Park to speak at the Annual ACCU Security Fundraising Conference. They had a stellar line of speakers this year, and I was pleased...schneier From Schneier on Security | November 9, 2010 at 12:01 PM
It's kind of an amazing story. A young Asian man used a rubber mask to disguise himself as an old Caucasian man and, with a passport photo that matched his disguise...schneier From Schneier on Security | November 8, 2010 at 08:55 PM
Okay, now the terrorists have really affected me personally: they're forcing us to turn off airplane Wi-Fi. No, it's not that the Yemeni package bombs had a Wi...schneier From Schneier on Security | November 8, 2010 at 04:21 PM
It can be lucrative:
Avanesov allegedly rented and sold part of his botnet, a common business model for those who run the networks. Other cybercriminals can rent...schneier From Schneier on Security | November 4, 2010 at 12:04 PM
Last week the police arrested Farooque Ahmed for plotting a terrorist attack on the D.C. Metro system. However, it's not clear how much of the plot was his idea...schneier From Schneier on Security | November 3, 2010 at 12:06 PM
Worth reading:
Those with either an engineering or management background are aware that one cannot optimize everything at once schneier From Schneier on Security | November 2, 2010 at 10:51 AM
I had never heard the term "control fraud" before:
Control fraud theory was developed in the savings and loan debacle. It explained that the person controlling...schneier From Schneier on Security | November 1, 2010 at 11:02 AM
From the Wall Street Journal:
Take "stranger danger," the classic Halloween horror. Even when I was a kid, back in the "Bewitched" and "Brady Bunch" costume era...schneier From Schneier on Security | October 31, 2010 at 03:02 PM
The New York Times writes: "Despite the increased scrutiny of people and luggage on passenger planes since 9/11, there are far fewer safeguards for packages and...schneier From Schneier on Security | October 30, 2010 at 02:41 PM
Okay, it's not TED. It's one of the independent regional TED events: TEDxPSU. My talk was "Reconceptualizing Security," a condensation of the hour-long talk into...schneier From Schneier on Security | October 29, 2010 at 07:31 PM