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Upcoming Book on AI and Democracy

Schneier on Security

I am pleased to announce that we’re writing a book on the topic. This isn’t a book about deep fakes, or misinformation. This is a book about what happens when AI writes laws, adjudicates disputes, audits bureaucratic actions, assists in political strategy, and advises citizens on what candidates and issues to support.

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Pakistani Firm Shipped Fentanyl Analogs, Scams to US

Krebs on Security

and Pakistan whose employees are accused of using online ads to scam westerners seeking help with trademarks, book writing, mobile app development and logo designs, a new investigation reveals. com — alleging they scammed her out of $100,000 after she hired them to help write her book. ” Launched in 2017, eWorldTrade[.]com

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Using Signal Groups for Activism

Schneier on Security

Schneier on Security Menu Blog Newsletter Books Essays News Talks Academic About Me Search Powered by DuckDuckGo Blog Essays Whole site Subscribe Home Blog Using Signal Groups for Activism Good tutorial by Micah Lee. It includes some nonobvious use cases.

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“Cybersecurity For Dummies” Third Edition Now Available

Joseph Steinberg

The third edition of Cybersecurity For Dummies , Joseph Steinberg ‘s best-selling introductory-level book about cybersecurity, is now available in both print and e-book format. The new book.

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LLM Summary of My Book Beyond Fear

Schneier on Security

Claude (Anthropic’s LLM) was given this prompt: Please summarize the themes and arguments of Bruce Schneier’s book Beyond Fear. Then lay out the most salient criticisms of the book. Seek security policies and technologies that enhance society broadly rather than benefit special interests. It’s interesting.

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Policy vs Technology

Schneier on Security

I teach cybersecurity policy and technology at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. My most recent two books, Data and Goliath -- about surveillance -- and Click Here to Kill Everybody -- about IoT security -- are really about the policy implications of technology. Technology is inherently future focused.

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Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like.shop,top and.xyz

Krebs on Security

John Levine is author of the book “The Internet for Dummies” and president of CAUCE. ” In virtually all previous spam reports, Interisle found the top brands referenced in phishing attacks were the largest technology companies, including Apple, Facebook, Google and PayPal. But this past year, Interisle found the U.S.