Under the GDPR, DPIAs (data protection impact assessments) are mandatory for data processing that is “likely to result in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of data subjects”. Effectively a type of risk…
Privacy for Tigers
Ross Anderson has some new work: As mobile phone masts went up across the world's jungles, savannas and mountains, so did poaching. Wildlife crime syndicates can not only coordinate better but can mine growing public…
Friday Squid Blogging: Eat Less Squid
The UK's Marine Conservation Society is urging people to eat less squid. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read…
Google finds bug in Google+ – 52.5 million…
Google has announced yet another data breach affecting its Google+ social network. This incident is separate to the one that came to light in October, which prompted Google to announce that it would shut Google+…
Security in a World of Physically Capable Computers
It's no secret that computers are insecure. Stories like the recent Facebook hack, the Equifax hack and the hacking of government agencies are remarkable for how unremarkable they really are. They might make headlines for…
Defeating the “Deal or No Deal” Arcade Game
Two teenagers figured out how to beat the "Deal or No Deal" arcade game by filming the computer animation than then slowing it down enough to determine where the big prize was hidden.Read more: schneier.com
Friday Squid Blogging: Watch Squid Change Colors
This is an amazing short video of a squid -- I don't know the species -- changing its color instantly. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories…
More on the Five Eyes Statement on Encryption…
Earlier this month, I wrote about a statement by the Five Eyes countries about encryption and back doors. (Short summary: they like them.) One of the weird things about the statement is that it was…
Amazon’s data breach email looks like a phishing…
It appears that Amazon had a bit of a problem – and it very nearly went unnoticed. An unknown number of Amazon customers reported yesterday and today that they had received an email from the…