humor, privacy, Security technology, surveillance
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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
Security technology, squid
Squid Bikes is a California brand. Article from Velo News. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Powered by WPeMatico
academicpapers, certificates, costbenefitanalysis, economicsofsecurity, externalities, https, Security technology, vulnerabilities
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” »
academicpapers, cooperation, gametheory, generations, Security technology
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"” »
eavesdropping, edwardsnowden, gchq, phones, privacy, Security technology, surveillance
A new story based on the Snowden documents and published in the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung shows how the GCHQ worked with Cable & Wireless — acquired by Vodafone in 2012 — to eavesdrop on Internet and telecommunications traffic. New documents on the page, and here. Ars Technica article. Slashdot thread. Powered by WPeMatico