Archive for the 'Social Engineering' Category
Idle Parenting Means Happy Children
February 17th, 2008* wink * Via: Telegraph: The idle parent is a stay-at-home parent. Not for us costly leisure pursuits at the weekend. We reject the cheap thrills of expensive padded plastic fun palaces, zoos and days out in general. We find fun in our own backyards. We make aeroplanes out of cereal packets and it’s amazing […]
Sheeple: Crowds ‘Pick Leaders to Follow’
February 17th, 2008Via: Telegraph: People in crowds behave just like sheep, scientists claim, by blindly following one or two people who seem to know where they are going. Researchers at Leeds University believe their findings could have important applications, notably in the management of disasters. The team, led by Prof Jens Krause, conducted a series of experiments […]
Britain: ‘£10 Licence to Smoke’ Proposed
February 16th, 2008Via: BBC: Smokers could be forced to pay £10 for a permit to buy tobacco if a government health advisory body gets its way. No one would be able to buy cigarettes without the permit, under the idea proposed by Health England. Its chairman, Professor Julian Le Grand, told BBC Radio 5 Live the scheme […]
How the Spooks Took Over the News
February 15th, 2008Via: Independent: So, who exactly is producing fiction for the media? Who wrote the Zarqawi letters? Who created the fantasy story about Osama bin Laden using a network of subterranean bases in Afghanistan, complete with offices, dormitories, arms depots, electricity and ventilation systems? Who fed the media with tales of the Taliban leader, Mullah Omar, […]
Britain: Arrested, Caged and DNA Tested — for Using MP3 Player
February 15th, 2008This is the result of Stazi programming that people in Britain are subjected to day and night. Darren Nixon is lucky to be alive. Via: Metro: A commuter was arrested at gunpoint and had his DNA and fingerprints taken simply for listening to his MP3 player while waiting for a bus. Darren Nixon was surrounded […]
EU Plans to Require Biometrics of All Non-European Visitors
February 12th, 2008Via: IHT: BRUSSELS: All non-Europeans would need to submit biometric data before crossing Europe’s frontiers under sweeping European Union proposals to combat illegal migration, terrorism and organized crime that are to be outlined this week. The plans – arguably the biggest shake-up of border management in Europe since the creation of an internal travel zone […]
The “No Internet in Iran” Story is Bullcrap, but that Didn’t Stop 17 People from Submitting it
February 4th, 2008I don’t expect people to know much about computers, but the story about Iran having no Internet access is complete nonsense. It scares the living crap out of me that so many Cryptogon readers are propagating this nonsense without even trying to verify whether or not the story is true. (In fairness, one Cryptogon reader […]
New York: Heavily Armed Police to Patrol Subways
February 3rd, 2008Via: New York Times: In the first counterterrorism strategy of its kind in the nation, roving teams of New York City police officers armed with automatic rifles and accompanied by bomb-sniffing dogs will patrol the city’s subway system daily, beginning next month, officials said on Friday. Under a tactical plan called Operation Torch, the officers […]
Leaked UK Government Document Reveals Plan to “Coerce” Brits Into National ID Register
January 30th, 2008Via: BoingBoing: “Various forms of coercion, such as designation of the application process for indentity documents issued by UK Ministers (e.g. passports), and and option to stimulate applications in a manageable way. Designation should be considered as part of a managed rollout strategy, specifically in relation to UK documents. There are advantages to designation of […]
Peak Oil Video Game
January 24th, 2008“As U.S. Army theorist Ralph Peters wrote, the effect of media on young men, in terms of reaching national security objectives, ‘is destructive beyond the power of words to describe.’” —Maxim Participates in Israeli Intelligence Operation Targeted at U.S. Men Wow. In addition to the push by corporate media to sell the nonsense meme of […]
