Rereading a 1999 malware newsletter: AI safety discourse may age just as fast
sebkrier · x · 2026-10-09
- Security researcher sebkrier shares Bruce Schneier's June 1999 Crypto-Gram newsletter and draws a pointed analogy to today's AI safety discourse.
- The 1999 issue captures a pivotal moment: malware had just started spreading via email and tunneling through firewalls, breaking the old floppy-disk-era defense model where scanning disks at the gate was enough.
- His take: in a decade, reading how we talk about AI safety today will feel much like reading 1999-era malware writing — a reminder that security discourse during paradigm shifts tends to age quickly.
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