Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Overfishing in the South Pacific
2026-04-11T07:23:47Z•b5c85f9b7251e9987a8f7724094d580b89d070a7c3fd8c98d2dc36766810ee8a
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What happened
Collection of Schneier blog posts (April 2026) covering multiple security and privacy topics: a high-risk Python supply‑chain compromise (malicious PyPI wheel for litellm v1.82.8 containing a .pth file that auto‑executes on interpreter startup); concerns about Microsoft cloud security and inadequate documentation in a government review; Hong Kong’s new power to compel disclosure of encryption keys; a company (WebinarTV) harvesting and publishing Zoom meetings; legal/policy pressure on end‑to‑end encryption following the New Mexico ruling; Google’s plan to migrate to post‑quantum cryptography (
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- 2026-04-11T07:23:47Z
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