Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Overfishing in the South Pacific
2026-04-13T07:23:42Z•255d8efe5bd8835be94c9268fb5eccbb1492da0b8251bf68e77e49b9d05b42b1
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What happened
Collection of Bruce Schneier blog posts (April 2026) covering multiple security and privacy developments: a PyPI supply‑chain compromise in the litellm package (malicious .pth executed on Python startup); reporting about serious shortcomings in Microsoft’s cloud security documentation and government review; legal/regulatory threats to encryption (Hong Kong police powers and implications of New Mexico’s ruling against Meta); societal and security implications of AI-driven “instant software” and AI assistants; Google’s move to migrate to post‑quantum cryptography by 2029; and a privacy concern:
Why it matters
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- Source ID
- schneier_blog
- Record identifier
- 255d8efe5bd8835be94c9268fb5eccbb1492da0b8251bf68e77e49b9d05b42b1
- Enrichment time
- 2026-04-13T07:23:42Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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