Friday Squid Blogging: Searching for the Colossal Squid
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BLUF
Community discussion thread featuring marine biology video and open forum for security news.
NEWS
The post shares a video showing red light is less disruptive than white light for observing deep-sea life like colossal squid. It explicitly invites readers to discuss security stories omitted from recent coverage in the comments.
Why I Care
While the primary content is biological, the thread functions as a critical channel for crowd-sourced security intelligence and community engagement on emerging threats.
Next Steps
Review the observation techniques for potential sensor stealth applications and contribute relevant unreported security news to the comment section immediately.
Fascinating video about searching for life undersea. The video basically makes the point that our bright white searchlights are scaring everything away, and that red light is more neutral. That, plus bait to attract sea creatures, is teaching us a lot about what’s going on down there. Lots of footage of giant squid, and speculation about the colossal squid. Worth watching.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.
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Source: Schneier on Security ·