U.S. Military is Developing a New Bright Line to Detect Extremism

The Project on Government Oversight, reporting on a 2023 Army Audit Agency report, says we’re a month away from another attempt to write an enforceable extremism policy with a clear definition. [In 1995] white, active-duty soldiers murdered two Black people in North Carolina, who they picked randomly due to their race. The white supremacist views … Continue reading U.S. Military is Developing a New Bright Line to Detect Extremism

Database Without Authentication Leaks “biometric identity information of members of the police, army, teachers, and railway workers”

The database vendor isn’t mentioned in the report but I think we can probably all guess the name. Aside from that important fact, this report is about the dangers of centralizing biometrics into a singular place where a single mistake harms practically everyone in society. Not all, but some, and that’s more than enough to … Continue reading Database Without Authentication Leaks “biometric identity information of members of the police, army, teachers, and railway workers”

Self-Driving Cars Could “Create Hell on Earth”

This article originally appeared in 2016. by Paul Wagenseil Senior editor, security, privacy and gaming. LAS VEGAS — Autonomous driving systems such as Tesla’s Autopilot or Google’s self-driving cars are far from being safe, security researcher Davi Ottenheimer said last week at the BSides Las Vegas hacker conference here, adding that letting such machines make … Continue reading Self-Driving Cars Could “Create Hell on Earth”