Category: Security
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Less nosy smart speakers
Technology could capture household information without recording speech.
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U-M’s Automotive Research Center is a ‘national strategic asset’
For more than 25 years, ARC has been a source of technology, modeling, and simulation for the Army’s fleet of vehicles.
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Election lessons from Michigan
Election security expert J. Alex Halderman dissects Antrim County’s election debacle to help future contests go more smoothly.
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DARPA pitted 500+ hackers against this computer chip. The chip won.
University of Michigan’s MORPHEUS technology emerges unscathed from bug bounty effort.
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‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the world’s democracies
Censored Planet is releasing technical details for other researchers and for activists.
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5 ways Americans can keep their vote secure and accurate
Expert advice for voting in an unprecedented election.
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Burn after reading
A self-erasing chip for security and anti-counterfeit tech.
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$1.8M DARPA project aims to protect cars, trucks and spacecraft from hackers
Ironpatch could head off growing danger of security vulnerabilities in vehicle systems.
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New remote voting risks and solutions identified
The upcoming presidential election in the middle of a pandemic has many jurisdictions exploring new technologies. They’re not secure.
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Catching nuclear smugglers: fast algorithm could enable cost-effective detectors at borders
The algorithm can pick out weak signals from nuclear weapons materials, hidden in ordinary radiation sources like fertilizer.
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Autonomous vehicles can be fooled to ‘see’ nonexistent obstacles
Vehicles that perceive obstacles that aren’t really there could cause traffic accidents.
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Not enough voters detecting ballot errors and potential hacks, study finds
Researchers carried out the first study on voter behavior with electronic assistive devices, found 93% missed incorrect ballots.