- A curated reading list on security, privacy, and coercion-resistant systems was shared, including the classic paper “Keys Under Doormats” on government-mandated backdoors, a Harvard JOLT article on compelled decryption and the Fifth Amendment, and the Gracewipe system for verifiable secure deletion under duress.  
- Novel side-channel and covert-channel research was highlighted: “USBee” demonstrates data exfiltration via intentional USB electromagnetic emissions, while “Hard Drive of Hearing” shows how commodity disk drives can be turned into microphones through vibration analysis.  
- Formal-methods approaches to hardware trust were discussed, including “Verifiable ASICs” that use succinct non-interactive arguments of knowledge (SNARKs) to prove correct chip behavior and a new formalization of return-oriented programming (ROP) for security analysis.  
- An eBay listing for a complete FIB/SEM vacuum chamber and stage was circulated as an unusually affordable route to nanoscale prototyping for bio- and neuro-device research, contingent only on workshop space.  
- The Global Neuroethics Conference 2019 was promoted, featuring a proposed “Neuro-Specific Human Rights Bill” aimed at codifying protections against coercive brain–computer interface technologies; links to the conference video and draft bill were provided.  
- INTERPOL’s restricted report “Darknet Biological and Chemical Terrorism Activities: Guide for Law Enforcement” was mentioned as a document of interest, with speculation that its contents may be unintentionally humorous or revealing about official threat models.