S3 Ep106: Facial recognition without consent – should it be banned?
Latest episode – listen (or read) now. Teachable moments for X-Ops professionals! Continue reading S3 Ep106: Facial recognition without consent – should it be banned?
Category Archives: randomness
Serious Security: You can’t beat the house at Blackjack – or can you?
What if you could guess the next card correctly twice as often as you should? Continue reading Serious Security: You can’t beat the house at Blackjack – or can you?
Intel patches chip flaw that could leak your cryptographic secrets
Intel chip features that were intended to help you do cryptography better could have leaked your inner secrets. Continue reading Intel patches chip flaw that could leak your cryptographic secrets
Generating Random Numbers With a Fish Tank
While working towards his Computing and Information Systems degree at the University of London, [Jason Fenech] submitted an interesting proposal for generating random numbers using nothing more exotic than an aquarium and a sufficiently high resolution camera. Not only does his BubbleRNG make a rather relaxing sound while in operation, …read more
Ep. 024 – Sextortion, malicious adverts and randomness [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest Naked Security podcast – listen now! Continue reading Ep. 024 – Sextortion, malicious adverts and randomness [PODCAST]
Serious Security: When randomness isn’t – and why it matters
The password ‘ji32k7au4a83’ looks pretty random and feels as though it should be unique – read this article to find out why it’s neither! Continue reading Serious Security: When randomness isn’t – and why it matters
Tor takes on the question, “What if one of us is using loaded dice?”
Randomness is vital to cryptography, and cryptography is vital to Tor. But what if you can’t see the other Tor nodes rolling their dice? Continue reading Tor takes on the question, “What if one of us is using loaded dice?”