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Anarchistische Tage Leipzig

Keine Anarchistischen Tage Leipzig 2025 [Engl. below]
So traurig es ist, leider wird es keine A- Tage 2025 in Leipzig geben.

Grund dafür sind zu divergierende Haltungen zum Gaza-Krieg, welche ein weiteres Zusammenarbeiten nicht möglich gemacht haben.

Wir bedauern das sehr, waren die A-Tage in den letzten Jahren doch trotz der (vor allem internen) Kritik eine schöne und le
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Web 3.0 Requires Data Integrity

If you’ve ever taken a computer security class, you’ve probably learned about the three legs of computer security—confidentiality, integrity, and availability—known as the CIA ... schneier.com/blog/archives/202

Schneier on Security · Web 3.0 Requires Data Integrity - Schneier on SecurityIf you’ve ever taken a computer security class, you’ve probably learned about the three legs of computer security—confidentiality, integrity, and availability—known as the CIA triad. When we talk about a system being secure, that’s what we’re referring to. All are important, but to different degrees in different contexts. In a world populated by artificial intelligence (AI) systems and artificial intelligent agents, integrity will be paramount. What is data integrity? It’s ensuring that no one can modify data—that’s the security angle—but it’s much more than that. It encompasses accuracy, completeness, and quality of data—all over both time and space. It’s preventing accidental data loss; the “undo” button is a primitive integrity measure. It’s also making sure that data is accurate when it’s collected—that it comes from a trustworthy source, that nothing important is missing, and that it doesn’t change as it moves from format to format. The ability to restart your computer is another integrity measure...
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Rational Astrologies and Security

John Kelsey and I wrote a short paper for the Rossfest Festschrift: “Rational Astrolo... schneier.com/blog/archives/202

Schneier on Security · Rational Astrologies and Security - Schneier on SecurityJohn Kelsey and I wrote a short paper for the Rossfest Festschrift: “Rational Astrologies and Security“: There is another non-security way that designers can spend their security budget: on making their own lives easier. Many of these fall into the category of what has been called rational astrology. First identified by Randy Steve Waldman [Wal12], the term refers to something people treat as though it works, generally for social or institutional reasons, even when there’s little evidence that it works—­and sometimes despite substantial evidence that it does not...
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Cell Phone OPSEC for Border Crossings

I have heard stories of more aggressive interrogation of electronic devices at US border crossings. I know a lot about securing computers, but very little about securing phones.
Are there easy ways to delete data—files, photos, etc.&#... schneier.com/blog/archives/202

Schneier on Security · Cell Phone OPSEC for Border Crossings - Schneier on SecurityI have heard stories of more aggressive interrogation of electronic devices at US border crossings. I know a lot about securing computers, but very little about securing phones. Are there easy ways to delete data—files, photos, etc.—on phones so it can’t be recovered? Does resetting a phone to factory defaults erase data, or is it still recoverable? That is, does the reset erase the old encryption key, or just sever the password that access that key? When the phone is rebooted, are deleted files still available? We need answers for both iPhones and Android phones. And it’s not just the US; the world is going to become a more dangerous place to oppose state power...
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The Signal Chat Leak and the NSA

US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, who started the now-infamous group chat coordinating a US attack against the Yemen-based Houthis on March 15, is seemingly now suggesting that the secure messaging service Signal has security vulnerabilitie... schneier.com/blog/archives/202

Schneier on Security · The Signal Chat Leak and the NSA - Schneier on SecurityUS National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, who started the now-infamous group chat coordinating a US attack against the Yemen-based Houthis on March 15, is seemingly now suggesting that the secure messaging service Signal has security vulnerabilities. "I didn’t see this loser in the group," Waltz told Fox News about Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg, whom Waltz invited to the chat. "Whether he did it deliberately or it happened in some other technical mean, is something we’re trying to figure out." Waltz’s implication that Goldberg may have hacked his way in was followed by a ...
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AIs as Trusted Third Parties

This is a truly fascinating paper: “Trusted Machine Learning Models Unlock Private Inference for Problems Currently Infeasible with Cryptography.” The basic idea is that AIs can act as tr... schneier.com/blog/archives/202

Schneier on Security · AIs as Trusted Third Parties - Schneier on SecurityThis is a truly fascinating paper: “Trusted Machine Learning Models Unlock Private Inference for Problems Currently Infeasible with Cryptography.” The basic idea is that AIs can act as trusted third parties: Abstract: We often interact with untrusted parties. Prioritization of privacy can limit the effectiveness of these interactions, as achieving certain goals necessitates sharing private data. Traditionally, addressing this challenge has involved either seeking trusted intermediaries or constructing cryptographic protocols that restrict how much data is revealed, such as multi-party computations or zero-knowledge proofs. While significant advances have been made in scaling cryptographic approaches, they remain limited in terms of the size and complexity of applications they can be used for. In this paper, we argue that capable machine learning models can fulfill the role of a trusted third party, thus enabling secure computations for applications that were previously infeasible. In particular, we describe Trusted Capable Model Environments (TCMEs) as an alternative approach for scaling secure computation, where capable machine learning model(s) interact under input/output constraints, with explicit information flow control and explicit statelessness. This approach aims to achieve a balance between privacy and computational efficiency, enabling private inference where classical cryptographic solutions are currently infeasible. We describe a number of use cases that are enabled by TCME, and show that even some simple classic cryptographic problems can already be solved with TCME. Finally, we outline current limitations and discuss the path forward in implementing them...
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AI Data Poisoning

Cloudflare has a new feature—available to free users as well—that uses AI to generate random pages to feed to AI... schneier.com/blog/archives/202

Schneier on Security · AI Data Poisoning - Schneier on SecurityCloudflare has a new feature—available to free users as well—that uses AI to generate random pages to feed to AI web crawlers: Instead of simply blocking bots, Cloudflare’s new system lures them into a “maze” of realistic-looking but irrelevant pages, wasting the crawler’s computing resources. The approach is a notable shift from the standard block-and-defend strategy used by most website protection services. Cloudflare says blocking bots sometimes backfires because it alerts the crawler’s operators that they’ve been detected. “When we detect unauthorized crawling, rather than blocking the request, we will link to a series of AI-generated pages that are convincing enough to entice a crawler to traverse them,” writes Cloudflare. “But while real looking, this content is not actually the content of the site we are protecting, so the crawler wastes time and resources.”...
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Report on Paragon Spyware

Citizen Lab has a new report on Paragon’s spyware:
Key Findings:

Introducing Para... schneier.com/blog/archives/202

Schneier on Security · Report on Paragon Spyware - Schneier on SecurityCitizen Lab has a new report on Paragon’s spyware: Key Findings: Introducing Paragon Solutions. Paragon Solutions was founded in Israel in 2019 and sells spyware called Graphite. The company differentiates itself by claiming it has safeguards to prevent the kinds of spyware abuses that NSO Group and other vendors are notorious for. Infrastructure Analysis of Paragon Spyware. Based on a tip from a collaborator, we mapped out server infrastructure that we attribute to Paragon’s Graphite spyware tool. We identified a subset of suspected Paragon deployments, including in Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel, and Singapore. ...
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Quick Post #5: A Utility for Converting .obj Files Created by Microsoft 3D Builder
There are several different file formats for specifying 3d objects (as Tannenbaum wrote, "The good thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from." One such standard is the obj or .obj open format. By itself, the .obj file definition does not support coding surface shading properties in the .obj file,
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www.mcgurrin.infoQuick Post #5: A Utility for Converting .obj Files Created by Microsoft 3D Builder | The Aspiring Roboticist
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More Countries are Demanding Back-Doors to Encrypted Apps

Last month I wrote about the UK forcing Apple to break its Advanced Data Protection encryption in iCloud. More recently, both <a hre... schneier.com/blog/archives/202

Schneier on Security · More Countries are Demanding Backdoors to Encrypted Apps - Schneier on SecurityLast month, I wrote about the UK forcing Apple to break its Advanced Data Protection encryption in iCloud. More recently, both Sweden and France are contemplating mandating backdoors. Both initiatives are attempting to scare people into supporting backdoors, which are—of course—are terrible idea. Also: “A Feminist Argument Against Weakening Encryption.”
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Why They Deny It’s a Genocide
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Supporting the massive U.S.-to-Israel weapons pipeline requires pretending Israel is not perpetrating a genocide, says Norman Solomon. By Norman Solomon Common Dreams Israel’s renewed assault on Gaza comes several months after both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch issued reports concluding&#8230;
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Consortium News · Why They Deny It's a GenocideSupporting the massive U.S.-to-Israel weapons pipeline requires pretending Israel is not perpetrating a genocide, says Norman Solomon. By Norman Solomon Common Dreams Israel’s renewed assault on Gaza comes several months after both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch issued repor
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Gaza : sous des prétextes nauséabonds, les Israéliens affichent une barberie sans limites
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Israël se sentait acculé à la veille de son retour aux bombardements parce que le Hamas allait forcer Netanyahu à honorer l’accord de cessez-le-feu qu’il avait signé. Confronté à ses propres défis politiques internes, le
#Politique #Articles #NousRecommandons #Slider #Uncategorized #CrimesDeGuerre #Génocide #TerrorismeIsraélien

Chronique de Palestine · Gaza : sous des prétextes nauséabonds, les Israéliens affichent une barberie sans limitesIsraël se sentait acculé à la veille de son retour aux bombardements parce que le Hamas allait forcer Netanyahu à honorer l'accord de cessez-le-feu qu'il avait signé. Confronté à ses propres défis politiques internes, le seul choix de Netanyahu était de faire exploser l'accord.
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Secret Thesaurus: Withholding Help from Someone in Need

What secret is your character keeping? Why are they safeguarding it? What’s at stake if it’s discovered? Does it need to come out at some point, or should it remain hidden? This is some of the important information you need to know about your...
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WRITERS HELPING WRITERS® · Secret Thesaurus: Withholding Help from Someone in NeedDid your character withhold help when it was needed? Learn the behaviors & motivations for this secret so you can write it in your story.
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