Weird Odd letters and numbers appearing on cars in Redding, California David Pescovitz

infosec This Welsh password generator might keep you safe from hackers, but definitely from dragons Thom Dunn

uk The world's preeminent cryptographers can't get visas to speak at US conferences Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Banksy's art authentication system displays top-notch cryptographic nous Cory Doctorow

floss Hide and seek: A catalog of useful steganography tools Cory Doctorow

crypto wars Debunking "ghost users": MI5's plan to backdoor all secure messaging platforms Cory Doctorow

Business Sennheiser's headphone drivers covertly changed your computer's root of trust, leaving you vulnerable to undetectable attacks Cory Doctorow

Technology World War II Enigma cipher machine up for auction David Pescovitz

cryptography How these lava lamps are securing the internet Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutants Puzzles that teach the fundamentals of crypto's essential, elusive zero-knowledge proofs Cory Doctorow

security Apple CEO Tim Cook demands Obama White House formally defend Americans' right to strong encryption Xeni Jardin

cryptography Enigma encryption machine from World War II sells for $233,000 David Pescovitz

security Moxie Marlinspike profiled in WSJ. Obama thinks secure messaging apps like the one he built are “a problem.” Xeni Jardin