Data Safety and Information Security

Firefox isn’t the last browser to drop Do Not Track, but it’s a symbolic end to a long, sad campaign to claw back a little privacy.

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This essay appeared as a response in Boston Review‘s forum, “The AI We Deserve.” For a technology that seems startling in its modernity, AI sure has a long history. Google Translate, OpenAI chatbots, and Meta AI image generators are built on decades of advancements in linguistics, signal processing, statistics, and other fields going back to the early days of computing—and, often, on seed funding from the U.S. Department of Defense. But today’s tools are hardly the intentional product of the diverse generations of innovators that came before. We agree with Morozov that the “refuseniks,” as he ...

A small package with a huge malicious potential.

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Mistakes by CAs undermine HTTPS and safety on the internet

We're sharing the results from Synthesia's first public red team test organized by NIST and Humane Intelligence, as part of our efforts to prevent the creation of non-consensual deepfakes and harmful content.

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A new AI model can mask a personal image without destroying its quality, which will help to protect your privacy.

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The FBI has been investigating a longtime Exxon Mobil consultant over the contractor's alleged role in a hack-and-leak operation that targeted hundreds of the oil company’s biggest critics, according to three people familiar with the matter.

It’s been more than five years since The PGP Problem was published, and I still hear from people who believe that using PGP (whether GnuPG or another OpenPGP implementation) is a thing they s…

Websites are riddled with timing oracles eager to divulge their innermost secrets. It's time we started listening to them. In this paper, I'll unleash novel attack concepts to coax out server secrets

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Protecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII) has become essential as organizations handle increasing volumes of sensitive data. Regulations like the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) mandate strict controls over PII to safeguard indiv...

The security system that underlies the internet makes use of a curious fact: You can broadcast part of your encryption to make your information much more secure.

Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it.

Preemptive cyber defense strategies not only strengthen a company’s immediate defenses but also prepare it for the future.

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QR code phishing is getting increasingly sophisticated

One fast scan will open your eyes to what’s happening beneath the surface of your favorite websites.

A Real-Time Website Privacy Inspector

Practical accounting for fintech engineers, and also how not to repeat my silly mistakes.

Regular training, robust fraud detection systems, and a culture of vigilance are key to combating digital fraud these days.

Tips, Tools and How-tos for Safer Online Communications

This is from an email thread on the topic of digital identity, which is the twice-yearly subject* of the Internet Identity Workshop, the most leveraged conference I know. It begins with a distincti…

I'm fairly certain that what I write here won't change the minds that need changing. But I feel like I need to make a statement anyway: your vote is secure.

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