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SteveBellovin

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I'm an affiliate scholar at Georgetown's Institute for Technology Law and Policy, and a computer science professor emeritus and former affiliate law prof at Columbia University. Author of "Thinking Security". Dinosaur photographer. Not ashamed to say that I’m still masking, because long Covid terrifies me.

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I said it during his first term, and I'll repeat it now: what Trump really wants is to be able to prosecute people for lèse-majesté: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:fa3rwygrp2ebgwdiq6sjn2te/post/3mf5xgsebzk24

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Two stories, side by side, in the NY Times Technology section.

The first story is captioned "Meta plans to add facial recognition technology to its smart glasses"; the second is "Iran turns to digital surveillance tools to track down protesters."
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The Trump regime wants to start making a list of Jews (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/us/eeoc-university-pennsylvania-antisemitism-jewish.html). Now where have I heard that one before?

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Best sign I’ve seen thus far: “United we ribbet. Divided we croak.”

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Wow—a treatment for Huntington's: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevz13xkxpro

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Nice to know that this battery is made of cotton and is machine-washable.

A picture of an iRobot battery on a web site, including the following text: Visit the iRobot Store iRobot Roomba e and i Series Replacement Lithium Ion Battery, Cotton By Visit the iRobot Store 4.6 stars out of 20 reviews (4.6)| 20 ratings About this item Cotton Machine Wash Standard Fit For A Relaxed, Easy Feel Classic Short Sleeve Casual Tee Shirt Soft-comfortable, Sweat-wicking
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Where are we going, and why are we in this handbasket?

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I swear, as I was scrolling I thought this was an Onion headline.
https://flipboard.com/@newyorktimes/science-jpuunj5gz/-/a-KhzVHy5QRYm-yk515emFNQ%3Aa%3A3195393-%2F0

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@SteveBellovin Yeah pretty amusing, though it's not clear to me that the discovery changes anything. On some level, I assume Moscow enjoys that the world is reminded about its many, many nuclear warheads.

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@kevinrothrock @SteveBellovin Indeed. Most of the comments I've seen on this subject are of the kind "ha-ha, look at those morons; couldn't keep such sensitive info from leaking" but my own thoughts are "wow, Russia isn't bluffing - they really feel threatened and are preparing for a nuclear war".

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The official statement from Columbia is at https://president.columbia.edu/content/fulfilling-our-commitments. The link to that was in an email so bland and uninformative that I ignored the links (one of which doesn't work anyway).

My undergrad degree is from Columbia, and I'm a faculty member for a few more months, though no longer teaching. I intend to continue wearing my mask, since I wear it for health reasons and not “for the purpose of concealing one’s identity in the commission of violations of University policies or state, municipal or federal laws.” After all, it's for health reasons, which is explicitly permitted by policy. My next step: an email to my chair and the dean. I have two thesis defenses coming up this semester; other than those, I don't need to be inside any campus buildings, and I'll run the defenses over Zoom if I have to.
https://flipboard.com/@newyorktimes/new-york-bat3un55z/-/a-0zIWJwAfQXmPJsJLILatFg%3Aa%3A3195393-%2F0