End-to-End Encryption and “Going Dark”
2026-07-23T19:23:43Z•33bf115383ce85600394da4d1a63c5356d2cf6847966a008932a8f2f236fd8e6
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What happened
Collection of Bruce Schneier blog posts covering multiple security and privacy issues: a new paper updating the “Going Dark” debate over end-to-end encryption and related policy proposals; a first‑person identity‑theft/account takeover story highlighting the centrality of email and poor 2FA practices; MIT’s planned deployment of 500+ AI surveillance cameras capable of face/object classification and short‑term data retention; a viral misidentification/arrest tied to Flock license‑plate‑reading (LPR) system errors; a historical piece on Alan Turing’s Delilah voice‑encryption project; policy/pers
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- 2026-07-23T19:23:43Z
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- Yes
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