Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

MIT Technology Review published an interview with Gil Herrera, the new head of the NSA’s Research Directorate. NSA views the kind of “vast access and collection” that it talks about internally as both an achievement and its own set of problems.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 21, 2023

In New York, AI systems equipped with facial recognition technology are being used by businesses to identify shoplifters. China is experimenting with even more powerful forms of automated legal enforcement and targeted surveillance. Ubiquitous AI-powered surveillance in society will be necessary to enable such automated enforcement.

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Surveillance Retail Technology Big data 223

Schneier on Security

MAY 3, 2019

It's an impassioned debate, acrimonious at times, but there are real technologies that can be brought to bear on the problem: key-escrow technologies, code obfuscation technologies, and backdoors with different properties. Public-interest technology isn't new. We need public-interest technologists.

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Cybersecurity Technology Government Internet 242

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 23, 2021

While most governments won’t likely do anything nefarious with this information, it does heighten the risk of a data breach. Surveillance gives cybercriminals another potential point of entry to see or steal your data. In some countries, government agencies may monitor your employees’ web activity.

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Internet Internet Government Risk 223

Schneier on Security

MARCH 5, 2019

It's an impassioned debate, acrimonious at times, but there are real technologies that can be brought to bear on the problem: key-escrow technologies, code obfuscation technologies, and backdoors with different properties. Public-interest technology isn't new. We need public-interest technologists.

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Cybersecurity Technology Government Internet 228

ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Here are some air travel tips from The Art of Invisibility: The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data by Kevin Mitnick and Robert Vamosi. Sometimes you can use surveillance tools in your favor. This is a short episode to tide everyone over until the new year.

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Computers and Electronics Surveillance Big data Social Engineering 40

Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2018

These evils include hacking, identity theft, online surveillance, and cyberstalking. We all know the dangers associated with hacking, identity theft, and internet surveillance, thanks to Facebook and other social networking platforms. This means that any private data saved on your phone can be seen and taken over by the hacker.

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