Schneier on Security

Ira had this story on NPR Science Friday last week and there's some video here http_//www_sciencefriday_com/.

But I like the notion that Bruce has written twice before on "Marine Worms with Glowing Bombs".

As folk with security interests we should be well rounded.

Why "bombs" as oposed to decoys?

So we have "worms" natural "Electromagnetic Counter Measures" (ECM"

The question then arises is there a preditor with some sort of Counter Counter Measure (CCM)?

Using say a different part of the EM spectrum.

I was wondering about the "bombs" as well; the obvious analogy is chaff used by aircraft and noisemakers dropped by subs.

But maybe it's more than a decoy? If the light is intense enough, maybe it actually disables the attacker, not just distract it. In which case "bomb" might be more appropriate.

A biological analogy to the flares fired by aircraft when targetted by heat-seeking missiles.

Or the "Autotomy" reaction in some lizards where they shear off part of their tail when pursued by a predator (the sheared-off tailpiece then twitches violently to draw the predator's attention while the now-slightly-shorter reptile slinks away quietly).

Flashbomb? It's a bomb, but defensive.