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@schneier.comFriday Squid Blogging: I Caught a Squid
On Wednesday I spent a day fishing, on a small boat out of Gloucester, MA. We caught many cod (none of which we could keep), and a bunch of hake and mackerel (all of…
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/friday-squid-blogging-i-caught-a-squid.html
@schneier.comHow Technology Empowers—and Imperils—Dictators
This essay was written with Seva Gunitsky, and originally appeared in Foreign Affairs. Two weeks after Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in March…
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/how-technology-empowers-and-imperils-dictators.html
@schneier.comApple’s Verified Photography System
Apple just released a system called "Reference Image." It can verify the image is exactly as taken by an iPhone -- new models only --- without tying it to a specific iPhone…
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/apples-verified-photography-system.html
@schneier.com@schneier.comAnother Historic Cipher Falls to AI
This one is from 1809, written by Napoleon's nephew.
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/another-historic-cipher-falls-to-ai.html
@schneier.comFriday Squid Blogging: EU is Trying to Fight Unregulated Squid Fishing
The EU is recommending import controls to combat unregulated squid fishing in the Southwest Atlantic.…
@schneier.comUnidentified Flock Cameras in Florida
St. Lucie County in Florida discovered (alt link) a dozen Flock cameras whose ownership it can't identify, and that the county government had not permitted....
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/unidentified-flock-cameras-in-florida.html
@schneier.comHow American Political Campaigns Are Using AI—and What They’re Spending on the Tools
This essay was written with Nathan E. Sanders, and originally appeared in…
@schneier.comConnected Cars Are a Surveillance Platform
Researchers at Northeastern University, in collaboration with Consumer Reports, evaluated how much modern cars spy in their drivers:...
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/connected-cars-are-a-surveillance-platform.html
@schneier.comI Want Better Reporting on AI Genie Behavior
AI systems are regularly completing tasks in ways that their prompters don't want or intend. Some of them are disturbing, and some of them are dangerous....
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/i-want-better-reporting-on-ai-genie-behavior.html
@schneier.comUsing Device Linking to Eavesdrop on WhatsApp and Signal
Modern messaging apps allow users to link their phone accounts to their computer desktop. Eavesdroppers are…...
@schneier.comNew Attack Against RSA
ArsTechnica is reporting on a "new" attack against RSA, one that bypasses factoring. First, this attack isn't new....
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/new-attack-against-rsa.html
@schneier.comFriday Squid Blogging: Participatory Squid Dissection in October in Tennessee
I feel like someone who reads this blog will want to go to this: Families are invited to…
@schneier.comOn Anthropic’s AI Misuse Report
Earlier this month, Anthropic published a long report detailing all of the Claude misuses it detected. Daniel Meissler usefully…...
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/on-anthropics-ai-misuse-report.html
@schneier.comMalicious npm Packages That Evade Defenses
This is an impressive piece of malware. Its sophistication says nation-state to me, but there is no direct evidence and certainly no attribution.
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/malicious-npm-packages-that-evade-defenses.html
@schneier.comResearch on Models Engaging in Genie-Like Behavior
New paper: "Self-Jailbreaking: Language Models Can Reason Themselves Out of Safety Alignment After Benign Reasoning Training…...
@schneier.comGPT-6 Astra Breaks an Old Enigma Message
This is pretty amazing: However, the most astonishing thing about this break is that the GPT6 Astra did it entirely on its own....
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/gpt-6-astra-breaks-an-old-enigma-message.html
@schneier.comReverse-Engineering Flock Cameras
Hackers captured a Flock camera and got a look (alternate link) at the software: While much of the automatic license plate reader's (ALPR) most sensitive storage remained…
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/reverse-engineering-flock-cameras.html
@schneier.comFriday Squid Blogging: On Squid Egg Sacs
Short essay about squid egg sacs. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Blog moderation…
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/friday-squid-blogging-on-squid-egg-sacs.html
@schneier.comAre AIs Still Struggling with CAPTCHAs?
Anthropic's recent security-incident document contains a bit about how CAPTCHAs are still frustrating Claude. In the transcript, the Claude model that is so powerful…
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/are-ais-still-struggling-with-captchas.html