Kill Switches for Weapons
Jonathan Zittrain argues that our military weapons should be built with a kill switch, so they become useless when they fall into enemy hands.
View ArticleSecurity Orchestration and Incident Response
Last month at the RSA Conference, I saw a lot of companies selling security incident response automation. Their promise was to replace people with computers —sometimes with the addition of machine...
View ArticleThe Women of Bletchley Park
Really good article about the women who worked at Bletchley Park during World War II, breaking German Enigma-encrypted messages. EDITED TO ADD (7/13): There’s also a book: The Debs of Blechley Park and...
View ArticleCybersecurity Insurance Not Paying for NotPetya Losses
This will complicate things: To complicate matters, having cyber insurance might not cover everyone’s losses. Zurich American Insurance Company refused to pay out a $100 million claim from Mondelez,...
View ArticleSmartphones and Civilians in Wartime
Interesting article about civilians using smartphones to assist their militaries in wartime, and how that blurs the important legal distinction between combatants and non-combatants: The principle of...
View ArticleHow to Surrender to a Drone
The Ukrainian army has released an instructional video explaining how Russian soldiers should surrender to a drone: “Seeing the drone in the field of view, make eye contact with it,” the video...
View ArticleThe Future of Drone Warfare
Ukraine is using $400 drones to destroy tanks: Facing an enemy with superior numbers of troops and armor, the Ukrainian defenders are holding on with the help of tiny drones flown by operators like...
View ArticleDrones and the US Air Force
Fascinating analysis of the use of drones on a modern battlefield—that is, Ukraine—and the inability of the US Air Force to react to this change. The F-35A certainly remains an important platform for...
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