Archive for the 'Social Engineering' Category
After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops the Presses
March 14th, 2012The Internet, and all of the data on it, could disappear in the blink of an eye. Have a nice day. Via: New York Times: After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print. Those coolly authoritative, gold-lettered reference books that were once sold door-to-door by a fleet of traveling salesmen and displayed […]
And Now… Homeless People Used as Wi-Fi Hotspots
March 12th, 2012Via: BuzzFeed: At SXSW, the annual tech startup conference in Austin, 13 homeless men are hanging around the conference center wearing white shirts that say “I’m _____, a 4G hotspot.” Each is carrying a wireless internet device, and for a PayPal donation, will provide conference-goers with internet access for as long as they want. . […]
San Francisco: Pre-Fab 160 Square Foot Rooms Will Cost $1,595 Per Month to Lease
March 9th, 2012Ah, the essence of urban living, is it? How about boiling that essence down even further: Japan’s Capsule Hotels Now Coffin-Sized Homes: Most importantly, it’s cheap. The capsules cost about $30 a night. If he had to stay for a month, it would cost $700 to $1000, a housing bargain in Tokyo, ranked by Mercer […]
Letter from Aldous Huxley to George Orwell About 1984
March 8th, 2012Via: Letters of Note: Within the next generation I believe that the world’s rulers will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging and […]
Man Demonstrates Why TSA Body Scanners Are Worthless for Security Purposes
March 7th, 2012Update: TSA Threatens Mainstream Media Not To Cover Story Via: TSA Out of Our Pants: I’ve been on the phone all day for the last 2 days with reporters and journalists of all kinds, including the big bad MSM, and one South Florida reporter told me that he had been “strongly cautioned” by the TSA […]
Finding Your Book Interrupted… By the Tablet You Read It On
March 6th, 2012One of the most irritating experiences that I can think of is being interrupted as I’m trying to concentrate. When I sit down to read a book, I don’t want my focus shattered every few seconds or minutes by dazzling whizbangery. Apple, though, wants to turn reading into an experience akin to watching an episode […]
The Little White Box That Can Hack Your Network
March 4th, 2012Smaller organizations might not have the equipment or the expertise to defend against the Pwn Plug, but for enterprises to get nailed by this thing amounts to comedy gold. Note: The U.S. Department of Defense is a large Pwn Plug customer. *chortle* The first line of defense should be to train staff to resist social […]
University of Melbourne ‘Ethicists’ Call for Legalized Murder of Newborns
February 28th, 2012Via: Journal of Medical Ethics: Abortion is largely accepted even for reasons that do not have anything to do with the fetus’ health. By showing that (1) both fetuses and newborns do not have the same moral status as actual persons, (2) the fact that both are potential persons is morally irrelevant and (3) adoption […]
U.S./Mexico Border Fence
February 27th, 2012Enjoy the TSA’s full body X-ray or groping at the airport… Via: YouTube: Research Credit: P&P
Google’s Heads-Up Display Glasses
February 22nd, 2012Via: New York Times: People who constantly reach into a pocket to check a smartphone for bits of information will soon have another option: a pair of Google-made glasses that will be able to stream information to the wearer’s eyeballs in real time. According to several Google employees familiar with the project who asked not […]
