Month: June 2025

How Cybersecurity Fears Affect Confidence in Voting Systems

Posted on By infossl
cyberattack, democracy, essays, Security technology, trust, Uncategorized, voting

American democracy runs on trust, and that trust is cracking. Nearly half of Americans, both Democrats and Republicans, question whether elections are conducted fairly. Some voters accept election results only when their side wins. The problem isn’t just political polarization—it’s a creeping erosion of trust in the machinery of democracy itself. Commentators blame ideological tribalism, … Read More “How Cybersecurity Fears Affect Confidence in Voting Systems” »

The Age of Integrity

Posted on By infossl
AI, LLM, Security technology, Uncategorized

We need to talk about data integrity. Narrowly, the term refers to ensuring that data isn’t tampered with, either in transit or in storage. Manipulating account balances in bank databases, removing entries from criminal records, and murder by removing notations about allergies from medical records are all integrity attacks. More broadly, integrity refers to ensuring … Read More “The Age of Integrity” »

White House Bans WhatsApp

Posted on By infossl
cybersecurity, Meta, national security policy, Security technology, Uncategorized, whatsapp

Reuters is reporting that the White House has banned WhatsApp on all employee devices: The notice said the “Office of Cybersecurity has deemed WhatsApp a high risk to users due to the lack of transparency in how it protects user data, absence of stored data encryption, and potential security risks involved with its use.” TechCrunch … Read More “White House Bans WhatsApp” »

What LLMs Know About Their Users

Posted on By infossl
AI, data collection, data privacy, LLM, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

Simon Willison talks about ChatGPT’s new memory dossier feature. In his explanation, he illustrates how much the LLM—and the company—knows about its users. It’s a big quote, but I want you to read it all. Here’s a prompt you can use to give you a solid idea of what’s in that summary. I first saw … Read More “What LLMs Know About Their Users” »

Largest DDoS Attack to Date

Posted on By infossl
cyberattack, denial of service, Security technology, Uncategorized

It was a recently unimaginable 7.3 Tbps: The vast majority of the attack was delivered in the form of User Datagram Protocol packets. Legitimate UDP-based transmissions are used in especially time-sensitive communications, such as those for video playback, gaming applications, and DNS lookups. It speeds up communications by not formally establishing a connection before data … Read More “Largest DDoS Attack to Date” »

Surveillance in the US

Posted on By infossl
dhs, police, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

Good article from 404 Media on the cozy surveillance relationship between local Oregon police and ICE: In the email thread, crime analysts from several local police departments and the FBI introduced themselves to each other and made lists of surveillance tools and tactics they have access to and felt comfortable using, and in some cases … Read More “Surveillance in the US” »