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COVID-19 Risks of Flying

schneier.com

This article interviewed 511 endocrinologists, and the general consensus was that flying is riskier than getting a haircut but less risky than eating in a restaurant. I think that most of the risk is pre-flight, in the airport: crowds at the security checkpoints, gates, and so on. And that those are manageable with mask wearing and situational awareness. So while I am not flying yet, I might be willing to soon.

Identifying a Person Based on a Photo, LinkedIn and Etsy Profiles, and Other Internet Bread Crumbs

schneier.com

This particular chain was put together manually, but expect machine learning techniques to be able to do this sort of thing automatically – and for organizations like the NSA to implement them on a broad scale.

This is absolutely going to be automated in the future, as well as computer vision identifying anything in the background of your photos and videos… products purchased, room size, time of day based on natural lighting, and maybe even paint colors on the wall, all correlated with purchase histories, if possible.