Archive for the 'Social Engineering' Category
Cicada 3301
November 26th, 2013Via: Telegraph: For the past two years, a mysterious online organisation has been setting the world’s finest code-breakers a series of seemingly unsolveable problems. But to what end? Welcome to the world of Cicada 3301. Wikipedia: Cicada 3301 Similar: OTP22: Calling the ‘Beautiful Minds’ of Cryptogon [OTP22 is very active with many unsolved puzzles.]
‘If our mechanical doubles make us paranoid, we may need to think again.’
November 26th, 2013Via: Telegraph: Researchers have tried to find the cause of the uncanny valley. One of the most interesting insights has come from an international team led by Ayse Pinar Saygin of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Saygin and her team conducted an experiment scanning the brains of 20 subjects aged 20 to 36 […]
North Texas Drivers Stopped at Roadblock Asked for Saliva, Blood
November 22nd, 2013The first post on Cryptogon about Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation was back in 2007. Via: NBCDFW: Some drivers along a busy Fort Worth street on Friday were stopped at a police roadblock and directed into a parking lot, where they were asked by federal contractors for samples of their breath, saliva and even […]
Screen Time Resulting in Children Turning Up to Doctors with Motor Delays, Decreased Muscle Strength
November 17th, 2013Via: CBS: Tablets and toddlers: A warning for parents of tech-savvy children. The American Academy of Pediatrics says children under two should avoid all screen time. Jessica Kartalija reports doctors and therapists fear too much time on touchscreens could cause long-term damage. Playtime for babies is far different in the 21st century. But parents could […]
TSA SPOT Program: Billion Dollar Magic 8 Ball
November 16th, 2013Via: GAO: Available evidence does not support whether behavioral indicators, which are used in the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT) program, can be used to identify persons who may pose a risk to aviation security. GAO reviewed four meta-analyses (reviews that analyze other studies and synthesize their findings) that […]
Americans 34 Times More Interested In Buying Guns Than Obamacare
November 13th, 2013Via: Zerohedge:
Sweden Closes Four Prisons as Number of Inmates Plummets
November 12th, 2013Wikipedia: United States Incarceration Rate: The incarceration rate in the United States of America is the highest in the world today. As of 2009, the incarceration rate was 743 per 100,000 of national population (0.743%). In comparison, Russia had the second highest, at 577 per 100,000, Canada was 123rd in the world at 117 per […]
Snowden Pulled Off NSA Document Heist—Using Oldest Trick in the Book?
November 8th, 2013Two-step verification? Via: Reuters: Former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden used login credentials and passwords provided unwittingly by colleagues at a spy base in Hawaii to access some of the classified material he leaked to the media, sources said. A handful of agency employees who gave their login details to Snowden were identified, […]
Oregon: Students Limited to Walking or Running Around a Track at Recess
November 7th, 2013Via: Mail Tribune: Parents and kids of Jacksonville Elementary School say physical fitness shouldn’t be limited to endless circles on the school’s track in order to comply with the state’s physical education mandates. Andy Kranenburg, an orthopedic surgeon with two sons at the school, was one of several parents and grandparents who spoke in defense […]
It’s All E-Commerce Now
November 4th, 2013Via: MIT Technology Review: “Omnichannel” is a buzzword that describes a survival strategy. Threatened by the growth of low-cost online merchants, traditional retailers are reacting by following customers onto the Internet. Macy’s does it as well as any. On its website, it installs 24 different tracking cookies on a visitor’s browser. On TV, it runs […]
