September 19, 2022 Tornado Warning for Free Speech You may not be into cryptocurrency, but a recent incident involving a so-called “cryptocurrency mixer” has some important implications for privacy and free speech….
September 12, 2022 Decoding Computers & Software A little over 20 years ago, Charles Petzold wrote what would become a classic book on understanding modern computers and the software that drives…
September 5, 2022 LastPass Source Code Breach Password manager software maker LastPass suffered a data breach last week, which understandably made their customers very nervous – and caused some people to…
August 29, 2022 The Night the Lights Went Out in Vegas Thirty years ago, a young hacker named Jeff Moss (aka The Dark Tangent) threw a party in the desert of Nevada to commemorate the…
August 22, 2022 Hacker Summer Camp 2022 If it’s August in Las Vegas, it’s time for Hacker Summer Camp. There are three hacker conferences that coordinate to happen next to each…
August 15, 2022 Privacy vs Content Moderation There’s no doubt that the internet has enabled criminals to share illicit and vile content with ease. The advent of high-quality end-to-end encrypted communications…
August 8, 2022 Security Via Subtraction All software has bugs, so the more software you have installed, the more bugs you have. It’s not just the bugs in any individual…
August 1, 2022 No Place Left to Hide Cameras are everywhere. Every person you pass on the street has a camera on their phone and security cameras are everywhere. They’re so cheap…
July 25, 2022 Hacking Your Honda The “rolling code” technology used to remotely open and lock your car is supposed to prevent hacking. Unfortunately, Honda has a pretty serious vulnerability…
July 18, 2022 Crowdsourcing Network Security We take that little box that connects our home to the internet for granted. But in reality, it’s often the only thing hiding our…
