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...
Read moreTips on what to do if you find a mop of squid eggs. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the...
Read moreThe Age of Integrity
June 27 2025We 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,...
Read moreWhite House Bans WhatsApp
June 26 2025Reuters 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...
Read moreWhat LLMs Know About Their Users
June 25 2025Simon 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...
Read moreScientists can manipulate air bubbles trapped in ice to encode messages.
Read moreLargest DDoS Attack to Date
June 23 2025It 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...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Gonate Squid Video
June 21 2025This is the first ever video of the Antarctic Gonate Squid. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that...
Read moreSurveillance in the US
June 20 2025Good 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...
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Self-Driving Car Video Footage
June 19 2025Two articles crossed my path recently. First, a discussion of all the video Waymo has from outside its cars: in this case related to the LA protests. Second, a...
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