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AI Security — The pebble and the wave — Part 2

2 min readOct 26, 2026

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In the original version I mentioned that the Pebble test should have a perfect symmetry as the waves ripple out from the center of the drop.

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What if I told you to now forget about that and see how a distortion in the ripple could be used to actually enhance the detection with the following concept of the pebble wave:

  1. The Thrown Pebble: Detecting what should be the expected pre-predicted patterns:
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Claude by Anthropic graphic: The Thrown Pebble

If the wave is perfect that too is a compromise as the ripple fingerprint should come back as predefined.

2) The Skimming Test as the ripples can come back as expected but the bounces can also be used to verify any other compromises (This came from the damn busters movie).

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Claude by Anthropic graphic: The Skimming Test

which are just some of the fingerprinting and timing techniques that can be used to further enhance the pebble test. I am now working on and plan to initially test with the Firefox Developer community but I have to brush up on my coding being a little rusty, which is who I used to be a beta tester for in the past.

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