The Internet Of Things Will Be The World's Biggest Robot
The Internet now senses, thinks, and acts. We’re building a world-sized robot, and we don’t even realize it. Whatever changes it means for society, we don’t want it to take us by surprise.
The Era Of Automatic Facial Recognition And Surveillance Is Here
(Photo: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) ID checks were a common response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, but they'll soon be obsolete. You won't have to show your ID, because you'll be identified automatically. A security camera will capture your face, and it'll be matched with your name and a whole lot [...]
Everyone Wants You To Have Security, But Not From Them
In December Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt was interviewed at the CATO Institute Surveillance Conference. One of the things he said, after talking about some of the security measures his company has put in place post-Snowden, was: "If you have important information, the safest place to keep it is in Google. And I [...]
Our Decreasing Tolerance To Risk
We’re afraid of risk. It’s a normal part of life, but we’re increasingly unwilling to accept it at any level. So we turn to technology to protect us. The problem is that technological security measures aren’t free. They cost money, of course, but they cost other things as well. They [...]
The Vulnerabilities Market and the Future of Security
Recently, there have been several articles about the new market in zero-day exploits: new and unpatched computer vulnerabilities. It's not just software companies, who sometimes pay bounties to researchers who alert them of security vulnerabilities so they can fix them. And it's not only criminal organizations, who pay for vulnerabilities [...]