Collaborate Disseminate
Someone called OxShagger thinks he has come up with the perfect Valentine’s surprise for Oxford students, but is the way he has gone about “bookworms with benefits” really a good idea? Robot security guards are trundling the streets of – you guessed it… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #304: Oxford’s dating disaster, cheap security robots, and faking a suicide
The world of open source software is one that often sees disputes between developers, some of which spawn lifelong schisms between devotees of different forks, and others mere storms in …read more Continue reading Just What Have We Become?
John McAfee, the founder of McAfee Associates and pioneer in the antivirus field, was found dead today, June 23, 2021, of an apparent suicide in a Barcelona prison cell. Born …read more Continue reading John McAfee’s Wild Ride is Over
A new, comprehensive code will compel online services to put children’s health and safety before data-collecting profits. Continue reading Privacy watchdog throws wider net to protect children online
In 1996, Philip Nitschke used a computer to facilitate the first legal euthanasia in history. Today, he is teaching elderly people how to buy Bitcoin, use encrypted messaging, and navigate the dark web to end their lives on their own terms. Continue reading Rise of the DIY Death Machines
More specific guidelines outline what the platform won’t tolerate when it comes to encouraging suicide. Continue reading Twitter Updated Its Rules Around Tweeting About Self-Harm and Suicide
Individuals won’t be identified. Nor will intervention be attempted. The aim is, rather, to proactively spot regional trends. Continue reading Artificial Intelligence to listen for suicidal thoughts on social media
It’s a bleak finding, but other research suggests adolescent hyper-connectedness isn’t all bad. Continue reading Study of 500,000 Teens Suggests Association Between Excessive Screen Time and Depression
Creepypasta, media hysteria, and teenage suicide. Continue reading The Truth About ‘Blue Whale,’ an Online Game That Tells Teens to Self Harm
Ask any security professional and they’ll tell you, when an attacker has hardware access it’s game over. You would think this easily applies to arcade games too — the very nature of placing the hardware in the wild means you’ve let all your secrets out. Capcom is the exception to this scenario. They developed their arcade boards to die with their secrets through a “suicide” system. All these decades later we’re beginning to get a clear look at the custom silicon that went into Capcom’s coin-op security.
Alas, this is a “part 1” article and like petulant children, we want …read more
