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He sees you when you’re sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. He’s everywhere. And that’s the whole point of the Elf on the Shelf, the bright-eyed, Kewpie-esque doll that millions of parents display around their homes in December as a reminder to children to behave. The elf, the story goes, is an agent reporting back … Read More “"Santa Claus and the Surveillance State"” »
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
Interesting paper: “Security Collapse of the HTTPS Market.” From the conclusion: Recent breaches at CAs have exposed several systemic vulnerabilities and market failures inherent in the current HTTPS authentication model: the security of the entire ecosystem suffers if any of the hundreds of CAs is compromised (weakest link); browsers are unable to revoke trust in … Read More “Economic Failures of HTTPS Encryption” »
This is an interesting paper — the full version is behind a paywall — about how we as humans can motivate people to cooperate with future generations. Abstract: Overexploitation of renewable resources today has a high cost on the welfare of future generations. Unlike in other public goods games, however, future generations cannot reciprocate actions … Read More “"Cooperating with the Future"” »
Nice article on some of the security assumptions we rely on in cryptographic algorithms. Powered by WPeMatico
Good paper, and layman’s explanation. Internet voting scares me. It gives hackers the potential to seriously disrupt our democratic processes. Powered by WPeMatico
Robert Lee and Thomas Rid have a new paper: “OMG Cyber! Thirteen Reasons Why Hype Makes for Bad Policy.” Powered by WPeMatico
Interesting paper by Melissa Hathaway: “Connected Choices: How the Internet Is Challenging Sovereign Decisions.” Abstract: Modern societies are in the middle of a strategic, multidimensional competition for money, power, and control over all aspects of the Internet and the Internet economy. This article discusses the increasing pace of discord and the competing interests that are … Read More “How the Internet Affects National Sovereignty” »