If you haven’t heard yet—which is unlikely—there’s a problem…
On the History of Watches
Some friends just commented about a video on Twitter where a watch guy basically…
Preparing to Release the OWASP IoT Top 10 2018 (Updated: Released)
[ UPDATE: The project is now live here. ] Please give your feedback on the list…
Humanity’s Ultimate Red Pill
Man can do what he wants, but he cannot will what he wills. Arthur Schopenhauer…
How I Reduced My Spam Phone Calls by 90%
Many of the calls are actually in Mandarin, which I don’t speak. Over the…
Stop Trying to Violently Separate Privacy and Security
I just stumbled upon an article by Mark R. Heckman, Ph.D, CISSP, CISA that—like…
Feedly Feature Request: Custom Long-press
This post will serve as a feature request for my preferred news reader—Feedly.…
How Technology Increases Production Without the Need for Humans
Over the last several years I’ve been reading extraordinary amounts about…
My Analysis of the Disconnect Between Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson
If you follow the work of either Jordan Peterson or Sam Harris you’ve no…
Unsupervised Learning: No. 141
Subscribe here to get this in your inbox every week. Security News 😮 The…
My Current Top 3 Intellectual & Creative Challenges
Just on a personal note, I want to capture three of my top projects right now:…
Concise Argument and Evidence That Steven Pinker is Wrong About How Good Things Are
As I covered in this earlier piece, despite having massive respect for Steven…
5 Things You Didn’t Know You Could do with Nmap
For those who have been in information security for a while, nmap is like a…
The Most Important Questions
I think it’d be a useful exercise to try to capture the most important questions…
The Future of Work is Everyone Running the “Work” App
Let me propose one potential future to you—a future where most everything…
The Future Belongs to Those With Grit
If you’re not imbuing your children and friends with grit—as a core…
Rewards Programs Are Another Way We Pay for Things With Our Data
There’s a famous, often-misattributed quote in the tech scene that says…
The Difference Between Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
Pretty much anyone who thinks about how to solve problems in a formal way has…
A Chromium-based Command-line Alternative to Curl
If you’ve spent any time coding in InfoSec, you’ve probably used a…
Companies Are Relaxing Their Degree Requirements to Find Top Talent
Glassdoor just compiled a list of top companies that are dropping college degree…
Unsupervised Learning: No. 139
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Unsupervised Learning: No. 137
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Unsupervised Learning: No. 136 (Member Edition)
This week’s topics: Air marshal surveillance, Russians hacking control systems,…
It’s Becoming Difficult to Discuss Interesting Topics With People Who Don’t Read
Books are a uniquely portable magic.Stephen King The more I read the more I find…
Anatomy of the American Death Spiral
America is struggling in a way that it never has before. This is not like the…
Humans Oscillate Between Wanting Novelty and Familiarity
I was listening to a random episode of the a16z podcast a few years back, and…
DNS Rebinding Attacks Explained
A lot of people have questions about the concept of DNS Rebinding attacks, and…
The Problem With Pinker’s Positivity
I recently finished Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now, which was remarkably…
How to Become a Superforecaster
I just finished Steven Pinker’s latest book, Enlightenment Now, which turned…
The Difference Between Ex-Ante, Post Hoc, Ex Post, A Priori, and A Posteriori
If you do a lot of (good) reading you have probably run into a few highbrow, Latiney…
The Evolution of the SOC and the CSIRT
We’re starting to see significant debate around the terms SOC vs. CSIRT,…
Why I Use a Single-screen iPhone Configuration
There are lots of ways to organize the apps on your phone. You can have lots of…
New Study Shows You Can Predict Credit Rating From Your Online Tech Fingerprint
For anyone who’s been worried that their online fingerprint was going to…
What The Code of Hammurabi Can Teach Us About Hardware and Software Liability
The Information Security community has been debating software reliability for…
My Thoughts on America in June of 2018
I’ve been writing more defined and concise posts lately—usually clean…
Tactical Advice for Clearing Depression
I have been drawn to questions of happiness and fulfillment for much of my adult…
Free Will’s Absurdist Paradox
Philosophers and scientists have been debating the concept of free will for centuries.…
The Platform and Candidate That America Needs in 2020
America has been stumbling for quite some time due to its lack of adaptation to…
Security and Privacy Are Not As Different As People Think
There’s a common belief in InfoSec circles that Security and Privacy are…
Examined But Absurd (A Poem)
How strange it is that we live this way Unable to know what next we’ll say…
The Most Exciting Features from the WWDC 2018 Keynote
This year’s WWDC Keynote was all about software, and it had updates for…
How to Have Amazon Polly’s AI Voice Read Your Newsletter as a Podcast
I’ve just published my first podcast episode (Episode 128) using Amazon…
Unsupervised Learning: No. 128
This week’s episode of Unsupervised Learning is now available. Subscribe…
Automated Situational Interpretation and Prediction (ASIP)
Any time you see us using cameras to feed a Machine Learning algorithm, I think…
I’m Not (Overly) Concerned About Smart Speaker Security, And You Shouldn’t Be Either
I have a 1,001 friends in InfoSec who I hear things like this from on a regular…
Economic Inequality is the Norm, Not the Exception
I read and think a lot about technology, automation and how it will impact humanity.…
The Single Reason Harry Potter is Better Than the Marvel MCU
I’ve been having a heated discussion with a friend about why I can only take…
Security Report Analysis: 2018 DBIR Report
In this Security Report Analysis (SRA) series I look at various security reports…
The Waking Up Podcast: Sam Harris vs. Sean Carroll on Free Will
Sam Harris recently had Sean Carroll on his Waking Up podcast, and to my delight…
John Gruber Wrong About the Duplex Demo
John Gruber of Daring Fireball took a big shot at Google Duplex recently. He basically…
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