Archive for the 'Social Engineering' Category
Camp Pendleton Marines To Conduct Training In Downtown Los Angeles
December 6th, 2014Via: CBS: Residents in and around downtown Los Angeles could hear helicopters or other military aircraft over the coming days as Marines and sailors from Camp Pendleton train in preparation for a deployment. The training is part of a two-week military exercise that starts Friday and extends through Dec. 16 and involves about 2,400 members […]
We Need to Talk about Sandy Hook
December 3rd, 2014Via: Independent Media Solidarity:
Hackers With Wall Street Savvy Stealing M&A Data
December 1st, 2014Via: Bloomberg: Hackers with Wall Street expertise have stolen merger-and-acquisition information from more than 80 companies for more than a year, according to security consultants who shared their findings with law enforcement. A group dubbed FIN4 by researchers at FireEye Inc. (FEYE) has been tricking executives, lawyers and consultants into providing access to confidential data […]
Israel Has Officially Banned Fluoridation of Its Drinking Water
November 10th, 2014Via: Newsweek: On Tuesday of this week (Aug. 26), Israel officially stopped adding fluoride to its water supplies. The decision has “been lauded by various rights groups, but criticized by many in the medical and dental communities as a serious mistake,” as the Times of Israel put it. The tasteless, colorless chemical is put into […]
Lowe’s Hires Robots for the Holidays
October 28th, 2014If you think it’s just for the “Holidays”, I got a bridge to sell ya. Via: PCMagazine: Lowe’s is hiring some new workers for the holiday season, but they’re not human. The hardware store just announced plans to test customer service robots, which will be able to help you locate items in the store, and […]
Taco Bell Unveils Mobile Ordering
October 28th, 2014“Cashiers and food service workers: You’re pretty much screwed.” —Seattle Hikes Minimum Wage to $15 Per Hour Via: USA Today: Food used to be what drove folks into restaurants. But these days, it’s also increasingly the technology behind it. That’s why two major restaurant chains, Taco Bell and Outback Steakhouse, made marketing waves on Tuesday, […]
Assange: Google Is Not What It Seems
October 28th, 2014Via: Newsweek: It was also in 1999 that Schmidt joined the board of a Washington, D.C.–based group: the New America Foundation, a merger of well-connected centrist forces (in D.C. terms). The foundation and its 100 staff serve as an influence mill, using its network of approved national security, foreign policy and technology pundits to place […]
Teacher Spends Two Days as a Student and Is Shocked at What She Learns
October 25th, 2014Via: Washington Post: Do teachers really know what students go through? To find out, one teacher followed two students for two days and was amazed at what she found. Related: 6-Year-Old Stares Down Bottomless Abyss Of Formal Schooling
Government Set Up A Fake Facebook Page In This Woman’s Name
October 23rd, 2014Via: BuzzFeed: The Justice Department is claiming, in a little-noticed court filing, that a federal agent had the right to impersonate a young woman online by creating a Facebook page in her name without her knowledge. Government lawyers also are defending the agent’s right to scour the woman’s seized cell phone and to post photographs […]
Facebook, Apple Pay for Female Workers to Freeze Eggs
October 14th, 2014Via: New Zealand Herald: Facebook and Apple are covering the costs for female employees to freeze their eggs to delay childbearing that could hamper their careers, NBC News reports. The companies are covering up to $US20,000 ($NZ25,526) for the procedure and annual storage costs, NBC said on Tuesday, citing sources at the Silicon Valley firms. […]
