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LLM Summary of My Book Beyond Fear

Schneier on Security

Claude (Anthropic’s LLM) was given this prompt: Please summarize the themes and arguments of Bruce Schneier’s book Beyond Fear. Then lay out the most salient criticisms of the book. Seek security policies and technologies that enhance society broadly rather than benefit special interests. It’s interesting.

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Policy vs Technology

Schneier on Security

I teach cybersecurity policy and technology at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. My most recent two books, Data and Goliath -- about surveillance -- and Click Here to Kill Everybody -- about IoT security -- are really about the policy implications of technology. Technology is inherently future focused.

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Technology and Policymakers

Schneier on Security

Technology is now deeply intertwined with policy. It's all changing fast; technology is literally creating the world we all live in, and policymakers can't keep up. The answer requires a deep understanding of both the policy tools available to modern society and the technologies of AI. Today, it's a crisis.

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New Book Announcement: Click Here to Kill Everybody

Schneier on Security

I am pleased to announce the publication of my latest book: Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World. This is a book about technology, and it's also a book about policy. In it, I examine how our new immersive world of physically capable computers affects our security.

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Relax. Internet password books are OK

Malwarebytes

The big book of passwords. There’s one password management tool which experiences more than its fair share of derision—the oft-maligned Internet password book. These are, as you may expect, physical books which are little more than empty notepads with “Internet password book” written on the front. This isn’t uncommon.

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10 Personal Finance Lessons for Technology Professionals

Troy Hunt

So here it is - 10 Personal Financial Lessons for Technology Professionals. For example, the ICT industry (Information, Communication, Technology) was the 5th highest paying with an average salary of $104,874 (dollars are Aussie, take off about 30% for USD). Intro: This Industry Rocks! Banking is below that. Medical even lower.

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IHG suffered a cyberattack that severely impacted its booking process

Security Affairs

The company announced that the Holiday Inn Hotel subsidiary of IHG suffered a cyberattack, attackers has access to parts of the company’s technology systems. The attack significantly disrupted IHG’s booking channels and other applicationsì, a circumstance that suggests that the company was the victim of a ransomware attack.