Upcoming Speaking Engagements
August 15 2024This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking at eCrime 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The event runs from September 24 through...
Read moreOn the Voynich Manuscript
August 13 2024Really interesting article on the ancient-manuscript scholars who are applying their techniques to the Voynich Manuscript.
No one has been able to understand the writing yet, but there are...
Read moreTaxonomy of Generative AI Misuse
August 12 2024Interesting paper: “Generative AI Misuse: A Taxonomy of Tactics and Insights from Real-World Data”:
Generative, multimodal artificial intelligence (GenAI) offers transformative potential across industries, but its misuse poses significant...
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Yet another SQUID acronym: SQUID, short for Surrogate Quantitative Interpretability for Deepnets, is a computational tool created by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) scientists. It’s designed to help interpret how...
Read morePeople-Search Site Removal Services Largely Ineffective
August 9 2024Consumer Reports has a new study of people-search site removal services, concluding that they don’t really work:
As a whole, people-search removal services are largely ineffective. Private information about...
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Problems with Georgia’s Voter Registration Portal
August 7 2024It’s possible to cancel other people’s voter registrations:
On Friday, four days after Georgia Democrats began warning that bad actors could abuse the state’s new online portal for...
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On the Cyber Safety Review Board
August 6 2024When an airplane crashes, impartial investigatory bodies leap into action, empowered by law to unearth what happened and why. But there is no such empowered and impartial body to...
Read moreNew Patent Application for Car-to-Car Surveillance
August 5 2024Ford has a new patent application for a system where cars monitor each other’s speeds, and then report then to some central authority. Slashdot thread.
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Treating Squid Parasites
August 3 2024A newly discovered parasite that attacks squid eggs has been treated. Blog moderation policy.
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