Wonk Security Blog
Social Science and Technology on a Mission, in Blog Form.
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Mass Surveillance – How To Write Bad Tech Policy
If there is one thing I am really getting tired of: it’s governments trying to destroy a pivotal part of the Internet in order to conduct even more surveillance on every person on the planet all through scare tactics and leftover animus from the 2015-16 Apple vs. FBI battle.
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Active Clubs – What Risks Do they Pose?
Active Clubs constitute a growing threat to marginalized groups in over two dozen states in the U.S. While their decentralized nature limits the feasibility of highly coordinated violence, Active Clubs likely possess the ability to perpetrate small-scale violence against targeted individuals and organizations, which could be difficult for law enforcement to detect and disrupt.
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Threat Actor Profile – The Mantis Group
A brief rundown of the Mantis threat actor group covering some of the tactics, techniques, and procedures the group uses and resources for more info.
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ISKP’s Concerning Growth In Afghanistan – A Reading Recommendation
In this blurb, I discuss an article I read a few weeks back by Dr. Colin Clarke on the rapid growth of the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP). I share some of my own thoughts that align with Dr. Clarke’s concerns and add a bit of my own take on the U.S. commitment to…
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Updates and the Content Moderation Debate
A quick update on where I’ve been, an introduction of new “blurb” posts, and a rundown on the latest SCOTUS decisions regarding content moderation.
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What You Can Learn from a Single Machine Learning Course
Recently, I had the pleasure of enrolling in Andrew Ng’s Machine Learning Specialization on Coursera and just completed the first of three courses in the specialization. Instead of providing a standard review of sorts for the first course, what I would like to do in this post is show what kind of powerful tools can…
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What Is Asymmetric Encryption And How is it Used?
This is a republication of a post I originally wrote on November 4, 2022 over on my dedicated blog site that I am rolling into wonksecurity.com. In 2009, I read about asymmetric encryption, also known as public-key cryptography, for the first time in Bruce Schneier’s book, Secrets & Lies. At the time, I did not fully…
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Welcome to the Wonk Security Blog
The purpose of this blog and of this site in general is to document, explain, and think out loud about the things I am learning in the world of security. I love learning, and that love for learning has led me to many great online communities that love to teach others. My goal is to…