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Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Eating a Diamondback Squid_SCHNEIER:88BE12FFC298F2421E97B89A0615CB10

I have no context for this video--it's from Reddit--but one of the commenters adds some context: > Hey everyone, squid biologist here! Wanted to a...

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Building Trustworthy AI Agents_SCHNEIER:2D3EF156CCB921AECEB9FAAF3C9C5374

The promise of personal AI assistants rests on a dangerous assumption: that we can trust systems we haven’t made trustworthy. We can’t. And today’s...

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AIs Exploiting Smart Contracts_SCHNEIER:277BECC0DFC1FA7A6A09FF616FEF4AA6

I have long maintained that smart contracts are a dumb idea: that a human process is actually a security feature. Here's some interesting research...

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FBI Warns of Fake Video Scams_SCHNEIER:600213B15BE7FA488F5DAA759A7C84A6

The FBI is warning of AI-assisted fake kidnapping scams: > Criminal actors typically will contact their victims through text message claiming they...

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AI vs. Human Drivers_SCHNEIER:6DA84B5C86382703CC5E010F534C4698

Two competing arguments are making the rounds. The first is by a neurosurgeon in the _New York Times_. In an op-ed that honestly sounds like it was...

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Substitution Cipher Based on The Voynich Manuscript_SCHNEIER:844A462907A8C06A7ADDC3B3F9AB683F

Here's a fun paper: "The Naibbe cipher: a substitution cipher that encrypts Latin and Italian as Voynich Manuscript-like ciphertext": > **Abstract...

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Friday Squid Blogging: Vampire Squid Genome_SCHNEIER:B6AA74A295BEDBD91FD9E3E69C8A76DA

The vampire squid (_Vampyroteuthis infernalis_) has the largest cephalopod genome ever sequenced: more than 11 billion base pairs. That's more than...

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New Anonymous Phone Service_SCHNEIER:273E5696456A9FC114F382FB0B5FC3A7

A new anonymous phone service allows you to sign up with just a zip code.

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Like Social Media, AI Requires Difficult Choices_SCHNEIER:48E41C74D8F100B7FEB304E2C2CBC7C4

In his 2020 book, "Future Politics _,_ " British barrister Jamie Susskind wrote that the dominant question of the 20th century was "How much of our...

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Banning VPNs_SCHNEIER:A8686505D6EAC21001E19709570D3659

This is crazy. Lawmakers in several US states are contemplating banning VPNs, because…think of the children! > As of this writing, Wisconsin lawma...

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