serial killers Zodiac killer's unsolved code "behaves like fake ciphers" and therefore probably a ruse Rob Beschizza
Gadgets My first Enigma machine: Mattel once sold a Barbie typewriter with built-in crypto capabilities Cory Doctorow
surveillance BBC will use surveillance powers to sniff Britons' wifi and find license-cheats Cory Doctorow
security Smart Grid consortium rolled its own crypto, which is always, always a bad idea Cory Doctorow
Event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the mysterious Voynich manuscript Mark Frauenfelder