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284 Days of Silence

By Lloyd Brown

When major data breaches make headlines, attention almost always focuses on the same question: how did the attackers get in?

In the case of the BCBS-Conduent breach, that question matters. It is simply not the most important one.

What matters more is this. Two hundred and eighty-four days passed betwe...

15.12.25 07:36 AM - Comment(s)
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Power Hungry

By Lloyd Brown


If you hang out on tech Twitter, Threads, or LinkedIn long enough, you’ll eventually see the same refrain:

“AI is an environmental disaster. These models are boiling the oceans.”

Is AI energy-hungry? Absolutely.
Is it the main thing dragging the grid to its knees? Not yet. And if we’re going to have a ...

06.12.25 02:19 PM - Comment(s)
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Nostalgia Is Not a Security Strategy

By Lloyd Brown

And That Includes Windows 10... 

Every time new Windows 10 CVEs hit the wire, I can practically hear that old chorus from back in September and October:

“Relax. Windows 10 is still totally fine.” 

Or even better 

"Just install Windows 7, it still works!"

It took less than a month...

24.11.25 08:20 PM - Comment(s)
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The AI Strategy “Sprint” Is Not Reckless, It’s Necessary

By Lloyd Brown



 

Recently, four academics argued in The Hill Times that the federal government’s 30-day AI Strategy Task Force is a “hallucination” driven by unwarranted urgency. Their concerns about ethics and potential harms are 100% valid. However, they overlook the fundamental economic and security reality...



19.11.25 08:09 PM - Comment(s)
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Le Contrôle Muet

By Lloyd Brown

Once upon a time, in a land far far away, your operating system simply ran programs. We’re now moving into an era where it observes, predicts, and “assists”. A classic, unsolicited overachiever. This is not assistance; it is unpaid, continuous, on-device training.

AI is growing to become the spine of...

04.11.25 01:24 AM - Comment(s)
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