Grammarly: Bypassing the Grammarly plagiarism checker by simply replacing characters in the source text

Summary: Replacing the characters i, a, e, o, p, c, x in the text with similar ones in the Ukrainian keyboard layout leads to the fact that plagiarism detectors Grammarly plagiarism checker and others skip such text, mark it as unique without any plagiarism and do not even signal that the...

Should There Be Limits on Persuasive Technologies?

Persuasion is as old as our species. Both democracy and the market economy depend on it. Politicians persuade citizens to vote for them, or to support different policy positions. Businesses persuade consumers to buy their products or services. We all persuade our friends to accept our choice of...

Coalition of Security Companies Forms to Oppose Wassenaar Rules

A large group of security companies have formed a coalition to oppose the proposed rules from the Department of Commerce that would regulate the export of so-called intrusion software, a broad term that researchers and legal experts are concerned would limit security research and development. The...

NIST Seeks Guidance on Incident Response and Forensics

The federal government is looking for some help in figuring out how to respond to security incidents. As attacks continue to escalate against both government agencies and private enterprises, NIST is developing a set of standards for best practices in incident response and computer forensics. The...