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OpenClaw Broke the Oldest Rule in Security Engineering
The same flaw that let Code Red infect 359,000 servers in 2001 is now running on your phone — with access to your email, your calendar, and your files.
Mar 12 • Badri Rajagopalan
Your Tests Work. They're Testing the Wrong Things.
CrowdStrike had the testing infrastructure. They didn't have the failure scenarios to feed it. Neither do you.
Mar 5 • Badri Rajagopalan

February 2026

Every Authentication Method Is Another Way In
How the OR problem in authentication design turns every new login button into an attacker's shortest path
Feb 27 • Badri Rajagopalan
A Self-Driving Car Killed a Woman. An AI Tool Broke an AWS Service. The Same Predictable Failure.
The psychology that predicted both has been published since 1983.
Feb 21 • Badri Rajagopalan
The Fight Over AI Isn’t About Income. It’s About Access.
Universal Basic Income is a solution to the wrong problem
Feb 15 • Badri Rajagopalan

August 2025

Why Your Engineering Teams Are Like Three Chaotic Suns
How Netflix’s “3 Body Problem” Helped Me Recognize the Physics of Complex Technology Organizations
Aug 25, 2025 • Badri Rajagopalan
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