Tim Newsham

@timnewsham
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The delusional ramblings of a stopped clock.
I write code, raise boys, and play music. I'm a recovering security professional.

In case you needed more reasons to avoid using AI, perhaps the very means to think are enough to consider; unless it's too late to consider...

https://publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-finds-artificial-intelligence-use-reprograms-the-brain-leading-to-cognitive-decline/

MIT Study Finds Artificial Intelligence Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline - Science, Public Health Policy and the Law

By Nicolas Hulscher, MPH

Science, Public Health Policy and the Law
US district court is absolutely not having the charade where the DoJ team that was ruled illegal keeps running their prosecutions. brutal...
https://archive.is/2026.03.17-234312/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/17/nyregion/judge-quraishi-hearing-transcript.html
Wyden follows up his siren with proposed legislation to reign in NSA sec 702 monitoring using compelled data from companies, including data brokers and AI.
https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-lee-davidson-and-lofgren-introduce-bill-to-reform-fisa-section-702-protect-americans-constitutional-rights-and-plug-data-broker-surveillance-loophole
Wyden, Lee, Davidson and Lofgren Introduce Bill to Reform FISA Section 702, Protect Americans’ Constitutional Rights and Plug Data Broker Surveillance Loophole | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon

The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon

the war against iran would be going really well if our enemy wasnt resisting
"salsa, is often spicy," U.S. District Judge Dale Ho wrote in his opinion.
huh, archive.is, archive.ph, etc.. resolve to 0.0.0.0 while on starbucks customer network. odd.
Hacked traffic cameras and US intelligence: How a plot to kill Iran’s supreme leader came together

The US and Israel worked together for weeks to plan the strike that killed Iran’s leader

CNN

As of 2026-03-02, the state of the art in quantum decryption has cracked a:

  • 22-bit RSA key
  • 6-bit elliptic curve key

https://forklog.com/en/quantum-computer-cracks-tiny-cryptographic-key

The IBM QC that cracked the 6-bit key uses 133 qubits.

Some new research suggests that RSA-2048 could be cracked with as "few" as 100,000 qubits.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2516404-breaking-encryption-with-a-quantum-computer-just-got-10-times-easier/

(Paywall-free)

Such a machine...is not feasible to build any time soon.

So when your CISO or a vendor starts going off about "post-quantum" security, feel free to use this to remind them that we still have SMB1 in some places and Telnet in others. Plenty of work to do around the house.

Quantum Computer Cracks ‘Tiny’ Cryptographic Key | ForkLog

forklog.media

How much risk is there in an adversary intentionally triggering satellite collisions to trigger Kessler syndrome? It sounds like satellites are actively maneuvering to avoid collisions in increasingly high traffic orbits.

How much risk is there that a communications outage could trigger collisions when ground control cant command important evasive maneuvers?

Meanwhile, since January, some 1.6 million satellites have been proposed. This is bonkers, and it's getting mainstream media attention thanks to the hard work of many wonderful colleagues @[email protected] coauthored a pair of articles theconversation.com/too-many-sat...

Too many satellites? Earth’s o...
Too many satellites? Earth’s orbit is on track for a catastrophe – but we can stop it

Cultural, spiritual, and most environmental impacts aren’t taken into account when launching thousands of satellites.

The Conversation