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In the 1990s, Saturday Night Live was awesome. (I may be dating myself here.) Dana Carvey had a wonderful character called the Church Lady. A little...
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I’ve occasionally done research on domain names. The goal of a lot of that research is to determine a method that will determine if a domain...
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I just saw a commercial for a faucet that would be WiFi enabled. We have WiFi enabled light fixtures, thermostats, coffee makers, refrigerators, and now faucets. ...
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Classification of devices is an important step in studying them, whether it is for Machine Learning, Statistical Analysis, or just counting. To classify a device I...
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In the field of Biology, scientists make notes in the field during their research, also known as field notes. The notes are kept in a notebook,...
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CALL FOR PAPERS Digital Threats: Research and Practice Special Issue on Election Security Guest Editors: Ron Bandes, VoteAllegheny Juan Gilbert, University of Florida Bobbie Stempfley, CERT...
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According to Wikipedia’s list of hacking incidents the first was in 1902 when a magician interrupted secure wireless communications (ie, telegraph) and replaced it with their...
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