humor, privacy, Security technology, surveillance
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Month: December 2014
cars, databases, datamining, dataprotection, essays, feudalsecurity, nsa, privacy, Security technology, uber
In the Internet age, we have no choice but to entrust our data with private companies: e-mail providers, service providers, retailers, and so on. We realize that this data is at risk from hackers. But there’s another risk as well: the employees of the companies who are holding our data for us. In the early … Read More “Corporations Misusing Our Data” »
drugtrade, privacy, Security technology, surveillance
The Denver police are using olfactometers to measure the concentration of cannabis in the air. I haven’t found any technical information about these devices, their sensitivity, range, etc. Powered by WPeMatico
academicpapers, algorithms, cryptanalysis, cryptography, quantumcomputing, quantumcryptography, Security technology
This talk (and paper) describe a lattice-based public-key algorithm called Soliloquy developed by GCHQ, and a quantum-computer attack on it. News article. Powered by WPeMatico
concealment, eavesdropping, privacy, Security technology, surveillance
Interesting essay on the future of speech recognition, microphone miniaturization, and the future ubiquity of auditory surveillance. Powered by WPeMatico
Security technology
This is a really good analysis of how the NSA/GCHQ spying programs actually work. It’s nice that we finally have enough documents public that we can start putting together the complete pictures. Powered by WPeMatico