Short Takes – 4-19-24

The Trump Jury Has a Doxing Problem. Wired.com article. To be fair, should read ‘… Potential Doxing Problem’. Pull quote: “Armed with basic personal details about jurors and certain tools and databases, “an OSINT researcher could potentially uncover a significant amount of personal information by cross-referencing all this together,” Diachenko says. “That's why it's crucial to consider the implications of publicly revealing jurors' personal information and take steps to protect their privacy during criminal trials.””

The great commercial takeover of low Earth orbit. TechnologyReview.com article. Lengthy article, lots of interesting information. Pull quote: ““Within two to three years, I could send a graduate student to space with Axiom,” Ekblaw says. “It requires a little creative fundraising, but I think that that is opening up a realm of possibility.” In the past, she explains, a doctoral researcher would be unbelievably fortunate to have research fly as part of a single flight mission.Today, however, researchers even in a master’s program can fly experiments repeatedly because of the increased opportunities afforded by commercial spaceflight.In the future, rather than relying on career NASA astronauts—who have myriad responsibilities in orbit and spend a good amount of time as guinea pigs themselves—scientists could go up personally to run their own research projects in greater depth.”

Notice Pesticide Registration Review; Draft Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessments for Formaldehyde and Paraformaldehyde; Notice of Availability. Federal Register EPA notice. Summary: “This notice announces the availability of EPA's draft human health and ecological risk assessments for the registration review of formaldehyde and paraformaldehyde and opens a 60-day public comment period on this document.”

Ratification of Security Directives. Federal Register DHS OSPP notice. Summary: “The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is publishing official notice that the Transportation Security Oversight Board (TSOB) ratified Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Security Directive Pipeline-2021-01C and Security Directive Pipeline-2021-02D, applicable to owners and operators of critical hazardous liquid and natural gas pipeline infrastructure (owner/operators). Security Directive Pipeline-2021-01C, issued on May 22, 2023, extended the requirements of the Security Directive Pipeline-2021-01 series for an additional year. Security Directive Pipeline-2021-02D, issued on July 26, 2023, extended the requirements of the Security Directive Pipeline-2021-02 series for an additional year and amended them to strengthen their effectiveness and address emerging cyber threats.”

Recommendation Regarding Emergency Action in Aviation. Federal Register DHS OSPP notice. Summary: “DHS is publishing official notice that the Transportation Security Oversight Board (TSOB) has recommended to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) that a cybersecurity emergency exists that warrants TSA's determination to expedite the implementation of critical cyber mitigation measures through the exercise of emergency regulatory authority.”